Developmental patterns of drunk/high driving among juvenile offenders: the role of peer group assortment based on self-control

Drunk/high driving presents a public health problem. Despite issues caused by this behavior, there is a dearth of research focused on studying this phenomenon developmentally. This study seeks to examine heterogeneity in developmental patterns of drunk/high driving. Beyond this, there has been littl...

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Autor principal: Wojciechowski, Thomas W. (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2019
En: Criminal justice studies
Año: 2019, Volumen: 32, Número: 4, Páginas: 386-403
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Sumario:Drunk/high driving presents a public health problem. Despite issues caused by this behavior, there is a dearth of research focused on studying this phenomenon developmentally. This study seeks to examine heterogeneity in developmental patterns of drunk/high driving. Beyond this, there has been little examination of the relevance of social learning and self-control concepts for understanding this behavior. This study uses all waves of data from the Pathways to Desistance study. Group-based trajectory modeling is used to describe heterogeneity in general patterns of development of this outcome. Multinomial logistic regression is used to determine the relevance of self-control and deviant peer association at baseline for predicting trajectory group assignment. Results indicate that a six-group model best fits the data. Self-control predicted assignment to the Low Chronic, Adolescent Limited, and Late Desisting groups. Deviant peer association fully mediated these effects. Implications are discussed.
ISSN:1478-6028
DOI:10.1080/1478601X.2019.1627532