An Empirical Test of a General Theory of Crime: A Four-Nation Comparative Study of Self-Control and the Prediction of Deviance

By Alexander T. Vazsonyi, Lloyd E. Pickering, M. Junger, D. Hessing. 2001

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

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Capacity for Self-Control and Individuals' Interest in Exercising Self-Control (2004, background): “…(examples: Gibbs and Giever, 1995; Cochran et al., 1998; Sellers, 1999); youth (examples: Brownfield and Sorenson, 1993; Junger and Tremblay, 1999; Vazsonyi et al., 2001); males as well as females (Keane et al., 1993; Burton et al., 1998; LaGrange and Silverman, 1999); those with (Longshore,…”
The Adolescent Self-Regulatory Inventory: The Development and Validation of a Questionnaire of Short-Term and Long-Term Self-Regulation (2007, background): “This link has been consistently revealed in studies of antisocial behavior or delinquency (Vazsonyi et al., 2001), substance use (Brody and Ge, 2001; Colder and Chassin, 1997; Tangney et al.”
Morality, Self-Control, Deterrence, and Drug Use (2014, methodology): “…have used all or part of the Grasmick et al. scale (e.g., Antonaccio & Tittle, 2008; Baron, 2003; Kerley et al., 2008; Longshore et al., 2004; Piquero & Tibbetts, 1996; Schoepfer & Piquero, 2006; Tittle & Botchkovar, 2005; Vazsonyi et al., 2001; Vazsonyi et al., 2004; Vazsonyi & Klanjšek, 2008).”
Gender, Age, and Crime/Deviance: A Challenge to Self-Control Theory (2003, background): “…1993; Piquero and Tibbetts 1996; Sellers 1999), and youth (Brownfield and Sorenson 1993; Junger and Tremblay 1999; LaGrange and Silverman 1999; Vazsonyi et al. 2001; Wood, Pfefferbaum, and Arneklev 1993); among people in different cities (Winfree and Bernat 1998); among those of some…”
Exotic Enterprise No More? Adolescent Reports of Family and Parenting Processes From Youth in Four Countries (2003, methodology): “It included 3,236 males (age: M5 17.55, SD5 1.31) and 2,524 females (age:M5 17.57, SD5 1.57); .009% did not indicate their sex (for additional sample details, see Vazsonyi et al., 2001).”
THE FAMILY → LOW SELF-CONTROL → DEVIANCE (2007, methodology): “Vazsonyi, Belliston / SELF-CONTROL THEORY 509 Response rates ranged from 67% to 77% (for additional sample details, see Vazsonyi, 2003b; Vazsonyi & Crosswhite, 2004; Vazsonyi et al., 2001).”
Self-Control, Social Factors, and Delinquency: A Test of The General Theory of Crime Among Adolescents in Hong Kong (2008, background): “Thus far, the majority of empirical assessments of the general theory were conducted in American samples ( Vazsonyi et al. 2001 ).”
The Cultural and Developmental Significance of Parenting Processes in Adolescent Anxiety and Depression Symptoms (2006, methodology): “Measures have been tested and validated in these different cultural contexts in previous work ( Vazsonyi et al., 2001, 2003 ).”
Self-Control in the General Theory of Crime: (2004, background): “…review, the stream of empirical research has continued to pour into scientific journals (e.g. LaGrange and Silverman, 1999; Tibbetts and Myers, 1999; DeLisi, 2001; Gibson and Wright, 2001; Vazsonyi et al., 2001; Szokyj and Geis, 2002; Turner and Piquero, 2002; Unnever and Cornell, 2003).”
Self-Control and Variability Over Time: Multivariate Results Using a 5-Year, Multisite Panel of Youths (2006, background): “A study that examined self-control levels among adolescents in Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States also supported the idea that self-control is a multidimensional construct (Vazsonyi et al., 2001).”