Explaining Variability in Trajectories of Self-Control Using Growth-Curve Modeling: The Effects of Parental Socialization and Victimization

Many in recent years have found a lack of stability in self-control throughout childhood. We test whether this finding also applies to a non-US sample using six waves of data from a longitudinal survey of South Korean youth ages 13 to 18. We then expand on prior studies by testing whether trajectori...

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Main Author: You, Myunghee (Author)
Contributors: Stults, Brian
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2025
In: Crime & delinquency
Year: 2025, Volume: 71, Issue: 6/7, Pages: 2118-2141
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Keywords:
hybrid growth-curve models
stability thesis
Victimization
parental socialization
Self-control
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Summary:Many in recent years have found a lack of stability in self-control throughout childhood. We test whether this finding also applies to a non-US sample using six waves of data from a longitudinal survey of South Korean youth ages 13 to 18. We then expand on prior studies by testing whether trajectories of self-control are affected by parental socialization and victimization. Using hybrid growth-curve models, we find a “J-curve” pattern of self-control trajectory, whereby self-control declines in the early years, but then increases in subsequent years. Moreover, parental socialization influences variability of absolute self-control, while victimization affects relative ranking of self-control. We suggest that studies pay attention to the dynamic variability of self-control trajectories over the life course.
ISSN:1552-387X
DOI:10.1177/00111287231183329