Capacity for Self-Control and Individuals' Interest in Exercising Self-Control
We identify and elaborate a conceptual distinction between capability for self-control and the desire to exercise it, and employ data from a city survey to explore the empirical viability of such a differentiation. Separate scales measuring ability and desire to exercise self-control both prove to b...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2004
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Journal of quantitative criminology
Jahr: 2004, Band: 20, Heft: 2, Seiten: 143-172 |
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| Zusammenfassung: | We identify and elaborate a conceptual distinction between capability for self-control and the desire to exercise it, and employ data from a city survey to explore the empirical viability of such a differentiation. Separate scales measuring ability and desire to exercise self-control both prove to be significant and moderately strong predictors of several measures of criminal/deviant behavior, showing independent, cumulative, and interactive relationships with each other. For some measures of crime/deviance, self-control capability is most effective when the individual's interest in exercising self-control is low but its effect is greatly reduced or eliminated when desire to exercise self-control desire is high. Combinations of capability for self-control and interest in exercising it prove to be particularly good predictors of the absolute level of misbehavior. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-7799 |
| DOI: | 10.1023/B:JOQC.0000029092.81837.74 |