Early Attachment and Narcissistic Entitlement: Tracing the Roots of Adolescent Proactive Criminal Thinking
Purpose: The principal objective of this study was to determine whether insecure attachment leads to narcissistic entitlement/proactive criminal thinking versus cognitive impulsivity/reactive criminal thinking. It was predicted that insecure attachment would predict narcissistic entitlement but not...
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| Tipo de documento: | Electrónico Artículo |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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[2019]
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Journal of developmental and life-course criminology
Año: 2019, Volumen: 5, Número: 2, Páginas: 266-285 |
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Volltext (Resolving-System) |
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| Sumario: | Purpose: The principal objective of this study was to determine whether insecure attachment leads to narcissistic entitlement/proactive criminal thinking versus cognitive impulsivity/reactive criminal thinking. It was predicted that insecure attachment would predict narcissistic entitlement but not cognitive impulsivity and that this effect would be mediated by peer delinquency. Methods: Participants were 1700 (868 boys, 832 girls) members of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Child-mother attachment was assessed with a Q-sort completed by the child’s mother when the child was 3 years old. Attachment sorts were organized into a latent factor score and correlated with measures of adolescent-reported narcissistic entitlement and cognitive impulsivity at age 15. Results: Findings from a linear regression analysis revealed that insecure attachment at age 3 predicted narcissistic entitlement but not cognitive impulsivity at age 15, controlling for the effects of race, gender, household income, family structure, maternal bonding, peer delinquency, and participant delinquency. A second analysis showed that maternal ratings of peer delinquency when the child was 9 years old mediated the relationship between age 3 insecure attachment and age 15 narcissistic entitlement. Conclusions: The current results suggest that insecure attachment is directly and indirectly (via delinquent peer associations) linked to narcissistic entitlement, a facet of proactive criminal thinking. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-465X |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s40865-019-00117-4 |
