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With longitudinal data from a sample of 359 adolescent offenders, we tested three measures of social bonding (conventional moral belief, attachment, and commitment/involvement) and deviant peer association as outcomes of low self-control and as mediators of the effect of low self-control on juvenile offending. Low self-control was negatively related to each bonding measure, positively related to deviant peer association, and positively related to offending at follow-up. Its effect on offending was fully mediated by conventional moral belief and attachment. These results provide modest support for a combination of self-control and social bonding perspectives on juvenile offending.
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Longshore, D., Chang, E. & Messina, N. Self-Control and Social Bonds: A Combined Control Perspective on Juvenile Offending. J Quant Criminol 21, 419–437 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10940-005-7359-2
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