Citation

Vaughn MG, DeLisi M, Beaver KM, Wright JP, Howard MO. Behav. Sci. Law 2007; 25(6): 803-821.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1002/bsl.789

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Research on self-control and related constructs is central to individual-level explanations of antisocial behavior. However, less research attention has been paid to the psychopathological underpinnings of self-control. The current study explores relationships between self-control and psychiatric symptoms, head injury, trauma history, substance use, guiltlessness and narcissistic traits in a statewide population of juvenile offenders. Results support the importance of these variables, in particular narcissistic traits, in better explicating theories of self-control. Implications for research on the psychopathological underpinnings of self-control are highlighted. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.