Capacity for Self-Control and Individuals' Interest in Exercising Self-Control

By C. R. Tittle, D. Ward, Harold G. Grasmick. 2004

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Subfields: Applied Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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A self-control/life-course theory of criminal behavior (2016, background): “4 These factors could include correctional interventions designed to enhance self-control in offenders (Piquero, Jennings, and Farrington, 2010) as well as significant life events like marriage and employment that may help enhance one’s level of self-control and may also increase one’s desire to exe”
Self-control Depletion and the General Theory of Crime (2006, background): “The Tittle et al. (2004) study also has another important implication.”
Why is “Bad” Parenting Criminogenic? Implications From Rival Theories (2006, result): “These results are consistent with previous studies that have included measures of both self-control and differential association and social learning (Baron, 2003; Pratt & Cullen, 2000; Tittle et al. 2004; Winfree & Bernat, 1998).”
Deterrence and Individual Differences Among Convicted Offenders (2007, background): “Some studies suggest criminal propensity diminishes (Nagin and Pogarsky 2001; Piquero and Tibbetts 1996) and others suggest it enhances ( Tittle et al. 2004 ) deterrent effects.”
Religion, Self Control, and Substance Use (2013, background): “…only factor necessary for explaining deviant behavior, several recent studies view self control as one factor among several key influences affecting crime and delinquency (e.g., Muraven et al. 2006; Pratt and Cullen 2000; Tittle and Botchkovar 2005; Tittle et al. 2004; Wikstrom and Treiber 2007).”
In the Eye of the Impulsive Beholder (2009, background): “In addition, self-control—a construct sharing conceptual overlap with impulsivity— has been found to interact with several other criminological constructs (Cochran, Aleksa, & Chamlin, 2006; Tittle, Ward, & Grasmick, 2004; Wright et al., 2001; Wright et al., 2004).”
Something Old, Something New: A Preliminary Investigation of Hirschi’s Redefined Self‐Control (2007, background): “In three complementary studies, Tittle and colleagues articulated a distinction between one’s desire to exercise self‐control relative to their ability to do so (Tittle, Ward, & Grasmick, 2004 ), found that attitudinal and behavioral measures of self‐control operated similarly when predicting crimi”