Testing the general theory of crime with the circumplex model: Curvilinear relations between family functioning and self-control

• Autor(es): Gomes, Hugo S. ; Pereira, Maria Gouveia
• Data: 2019
• Identificador Persistente: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.12/8223
• Origem: Repositório do ISPA - Instituto Universitário
• Tipo de Documento: Artigo científico
• Idioma: Inglês
• Contribuidor(es): Repositório do ISPA

Descrição

The relation between family and low self-control is usually studied within linear hypotheses. In this study, we intended to test the familial origin of self-control under a curvilinear hypothesis. This is a cross-sectional study, with a sample of 448 adolescents and young adults. Data analysis was based on correlation and regression-based statistics. Results revealed linear associations between family functioning and juvenile deviant behavior, contrary to self-control which presented curvilinear relations with family cohesion and flexibility (i.e. both high and low extreme levels were associated with low self-control). This finding suggests a new approach to the familial origin of low self-control.