RT Article
T1 The Contribution of Sensation Seeking and the Big Five Personality Factors to Different Types of Delinquency
JF Criminal justice and behavior
VO 44
IS 11
SP 1518
OP 1536
A1 Ljubin-Golub, Tajana
A2 Pandžić, Mario
A2 Vrselja, Ivana
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1701024462
AB The present study examined the role of sensation seeking (SS) in different types of delinquent behavior across sex, controlling for the Big Five personality dimensions. The sample of Croatian adolescents comprised 117 boys and 137 girls. As predicted, SS was the central explanatory variable beyond the Big Five dimensions in both the boys’ and girls’ normative antisocial behavior, minor delinquency, and overall delinquency. In only the girls, SS was also a risk factor for serious and violent delinquency along with extraversion and emotional instability. In both sexes, the explanatory power of SS decreased as the severity of the offenses increased. The results underscore the significance of SS in normative and minor types of adolescent delinquency and indicate a different etiology of normative adolescent delinquency from severe and violent delinquency. The results also suggest a different constellation of personality risk factors for boys and girls for each different type of delinquency.
K1 Personality
K1 Big Five
K1 Sensation seeking
K1 Delinquency
K1 Sex difference
DO 10.1177/0093854817730589