TY - JOUR
T1 - Testing a psychosocial control theory of delinquency
AU - Mak, Anita S.
PY - 1990/1/1
Y1 - 1990/1/1
N2 - This article reviews the theoretical and empirical grounds for incorporating aspects of personal control in Hirschi's (1969) social control theory of delinquency. A subsequent test of the resultant psychosocial control perspective, conducted with 793 Australian secondary-school students, indicates that it has greater explanatory power than Hirschi's model. Fifty-two percent of the variance in self-reported delinquency was accounted for by a combination of the social control variables of belief in the moral validity of the law, liking for school, and parental bonding; the personal control variables of impulse control and emotional empathy; and the background variables of sex, age, and broken home status.
AB - This article reviews the theoretical and empirical grounds for incorporating aspects of personal control in Hirschi's (1969) social control theory of delinquency. A subsequent test of the resultant psychosocial control perspective, conducted with 793 Australian secondary-school students, indicates that it has greater explanatory power than Hirschi's model. Fifty-two percent of the variance in self-reported delinquency was accounted for by a combination of the social control variables of belief in the moral validity of the law, liking for school, and parental bonding; the personal control variables of impulse control and emotional empathy; and the background variables of sex, age, and broken home status.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84973839411&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0093854890017002005
DO - 10.1177/0093854890017002005
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84973839411
SN - 0093-8548
VL - 17
SP - 215
EP - 230
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
IS - 2
ER -