RT Article
T1 Validating Social Control, Self-Control, and Social Learning Constructs Among a Sample of Youth in Nine English-Speaking Caribbean Nations
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 71
IS 8
SP 2679
OP 2704
A1 Cheon, Hyunjung
A1 Katz, Charles M. 1969-
A1 Freemon, Kayla
A2 Katz, Charles M. 1969-
A2 Freemon, Kayla
LA English
YR 2025
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1926894022
AB Measures in international self-report surveys drawn from criminological theories have rarely been validated. Instruments that have been tested suggest that they might lack reliability and validity depending on the nation. The present study uses a large sample of school-attending youth in nine English-speaking Caribbean countries to examine the reliability and validity of three theoretical constructs—social control, self-control, and social learning—included in the Eurogang Youth Survey instrument. Our findings suggest that the theoretical constructs contained in the Eurogang Youth Survey instrument are relevant to explaining Caribbean delinquency and show adequate reliability levels. Our results also show consistency in the measurement structure of these theoretical constructs across the study nations.
K1 Risk assessment
K1 reliability and validity
K1 Risk Factors
K1 Criminological Theory
K1 Juvenile Delinquency
K1 Measurement
DO 10.1177/00111287231197402