Citation

Sacarellos CD, Wright JP, Almosaed NF, Moghrabi SS, Bashatah FS, Morgan MA. Youth Violence Juv. Justice 2016; 14(3): 291-312.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/1541204015616663

PMID

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Abstract

Low self-control has emerged as a ubiquitous predictor of a range of behaviors and life outcomes, including criminal and analogous behaviors. Evidence linking self-control to criminal conduct, moreover, has also emerged from several cross-cultural studies. While important, cross-cultural studies remain limited in number and in scope. Extending empirical investigations into the effects of self-control cross-culturally, we present findings from data collected from Saudi Arabian high school youth. Low self-control was a substantive predictor of self-reported delinquency, violent behavior (VB), victimization, and delinquent peer associations for males and females. The effects of low self-control were found to be substantive, general, and invariant across sex within a culture that practices sex segregation and one that embraces harsh punishments for violent conduct.

Language: en