Self-Control, Contextual Factors, and Delinquency: Assessing the Interactional Effects Among A Sample of Youth in Rural China

IF 1.8 4区社会学 Q2 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Asian Journal of Criminology Pub Date : 2022-04-23 DOI:10.1007/s11417-022-09370-x

Xin Jiang, Xiaojin Chen

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Abstract

This study investigated the predictive strength of self-control relative to contextual factors in school, family, and peer groups and its interconnections with these factors in explaining adolescent delinquency among a Chinese population. Using data elicited from a survey of 587 Chinese students in 7th to 9th grades from rural areas in Guangdong Province of China, we found that self-control is an important predictor of delinquency. Moreover, contextual factors exert independent effects on delinquency with strength that rivals or exceeds that of self-control in a collectivistic cultural setting. Importantly, we found that the effects of self-control on delinquency are contingent upon contextual factors such as care-taking quality, bonding in school, and children’s involvement in unsupervised activities and association with delinquent peers. Overall, these findings shed light on the value of an integrative approach that accounts for independence and interconnection of individual and contextual mechanisms to address the complexity that self-control theory implies in cross-cultural settings.

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自我控制、情境因素与犯罪:中国农村青少年的互动效应评估

摘要本研究调查了学校、家庭和同龄人群体中自我控制相对于情境因素的预测强度，以及它与这些因素在解释中国人群青少年犯罪中的相互关系。利用对587名来自广东省农村地区的7-9年级中国学生的调查数据，我们发现自我控制是犯罪的重要预测因素。此外，在集体主义文化环境中，背景因素对犯罪产生了独立的影响，其力量可以与自我控制相媲美或超过自我控制。重要的是，我们发现自我控制对犯罪的影响取决于情境因素，如照顾质量、学校关系、儿童参与无监督活动以及与犯罪同龄人的联系。总的来说，这些发现揭示了综合方法的价值，该方法考虑了个体和情境机制的独立性和相互联系，以解决自我控制理论在跨文化环境中所暗示的复杂性。

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Asian Journal of Criminology CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY-

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期刊介绍： Electronic submission now possible! Please see the Instructions for Authors. For general information about this new journal please contact the publisher at [welmoed.spahr@springer.com] The Asian Journal of Criminology aims to advance the study of criminology and criminal justice in Asia, to promote evidence-based public policy in crime prevention, and to promote comparative studies about crime and criminal justice. The Journal provides a platform for criminologists, policymakers, and practitioners and welcomes manuscripts relating to crime, crime prevention, criminal law, medico-legal topics and the administration of criminal justice in Asian countries. The Journal especially encourages theoretical and methodological papers with an emphasis on evidence-based, empirical research addressing crime in Asian contexts. It seeks to publish research arising from a broad variety of methodological traditions, including quantitative, qualitative, historical, and comparative methods. The Journal fosters a multi-disciplinary focus and welcomes manuscripts from a variety of disciplines, including criminology, criminal justice, law, sociology, psychology, forensic science, social work, urban studies, history, and geography.