Is Low Self-Control Associated With Violence Among Youths in Turkey?
Articles > Article · 2008
Authors: Oezden OEZBAY, Onur KÖKSOY
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OFFENDER THERAPY AND COMPARATIVE CRIMINOLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, WoS, 2008, vol 53, pp 145-167
Summary
Self-control theory is tested in relation to violence on a sample of university students in Turkey. The primary findings indicate support for the theory net of the impacts of strain, deterrence, differential association, social bonding, and routine activity theories: The greater the low self-control, the greater the violence. No subdimensions of self-control have consistent significant impacts on violence. Most high-opportunity measures have positive impacts on violence. Interaction effects occur only among subdimensions of self-control and opportunity variables. Social class and age are significant even when low self-control measures were controlled.