RT Article
T1 Examining the Relationship Between Cognitive Ability and Arrest Using a Differential Offenses Hypothesis: evidence of Inconsistent Mediation
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 6/7
SP 1209
OP 1235
A1 Altikriti, Sultan
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1869110005
AB The current study assessed the role of differential offense category involvement in the link between cognitive ability and arrest. Using structural equation modeling, the current study relied on data from the Pathways (n = 1,354) and Add Health (n = 3,605) to address three research questions on the differential etiology of offending category (aggressive and property), the mediating effects of disaggregated offending on the relationship between IQ and arrest, and how those effects vary across samples. The results suggested the negative association between IQ and arrest masked more complex processes encompassing opposing indirect paths through aggressive (negative) and property (positive) offending, suggesting inconsistent mediation. As a result, the total indirect effect of IQ on arrest through offending was suppressed when an aggregated offending measure was used, highlighting the value of disaggregating offending categories.
K1 IQ
K1 Aggression
K1 Arrest
K1 disaggregated offending
K1 inconsistent mediation intelligence
DO 10.1177/00111287211057862