Adolescents' self-control. Which impact os Societal Vulnerability and Violent Values ? A gender comparison.

in Journal of Contemporary Criminal Justice (2013), 29(1), 13-31

The present study contributes to the study of self-control among adolescents by testing how self-control is affected by societal vulnerability and violent values and by investigating how (in)variant this ... [more ▼]

The present study contributes to the study of self-control among adolescents by testing how self-control is affected by societal vulnerability and violent values and by investigating how (in)variant this relationship is for boys and girls. The Belgian International Self-Report Delinquency Study (ISRD-2) data were used to assess to what extent positive attitudes toward violence can be seen as mediators in the relationship between societal vulnerability and self-control. The findings suggest that violent values mediate the relationship between societal vulnerability and self-control. Despite results indicating higher self-control among females, when conducting the analyses separately by gender, we found that the relationship between societal vulnerability and self-control was very similar for boys and girls. It is concluded that societally vulnerable boys and girls are equally affected by the intermediate mechanism of violent values. [less ▲]

Sociétal Vulnerability and self-control : do Violent Values mediate this relation for boys and girls?

Conference (2011, September 22)

no gender difference was found in the psycho-social dynamic , even if girls are in average less concerned by a bad self-control and by violent values

Societal vulnerability and adolescent offending. Exploring the role of violent values, low self-control and troublesome youth group involvement

Conference (2010, September 11)

the direct/indirect explanation power of societal vulnerability > juvenile delinquency is discussed