@article{ref1,
title="A closer look at the relationship between low self-control and delinquency: the effects of identity styles",
journal="Crime and delinquency",
year="2016",
author="Courey, Michael and Pare, Paul-Philippe",
volume="62",
number="3",
pages="368-396",
abstract="We explore how identity processing styles affect the relationship between self-control and delinquency. We use data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to examine whether the effects of the diffuse-avoidant, normative, and informational identity styles mediate and interact with the relationship between self-control and delinquency. Our results show that self-control is associated with the three identity styles and that identity styles mediate and moderate the effect of self-control on different types of delinquency. Self-control is partially mediated in predicting different types of delinquency and is fully mediated when predicting heavy marijuana use. In addition, interactive effects of identity styles and self-control are observed for drug and alcohol use but not crimes against persons and property.   Keywords: Juvenile justice;<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0011-1287",
doi="10.1177/0011128713501033",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0011128713501033"
}