@article{ref1,
title="Early attachment and narcissistic entitlement: tracing the roots of adolescent proactive criminal thinking",
journal="Journal of developmental and life-course criminology",
year="2019",
author="Walters, Glenn D.",
volume="5",
number="2",
pages="266-285",
abstract="PURPOSEThe principal objective of this study was to determine whether insecure attachment leads to narcissistic entitlement/proactive criminal thinking versus cognitive impulsivity/reactive criminal thinking. It was predicted that insecure attachment would predict narcissistic entitlement but not cognitive impulsivity and that this effect would be mediated by peer delinquency.<br><br>METHODSParticipants were 1700 (868 boys, 832 girls) members of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Child-mother attachment was assessed with a Q-sort completed by the child's mother when the child was 3 years old. Attachment sorts were organized into a latent factor score and correlated with measures of adolescent-reported narcissistic entitlement and cognitive impulsivity at age 15.<br><br>RESULTSFindings from a linear regression analysis revealed that insecure attachment at age 3 predicted narcissistic entitlement but not cognitive impulsivity at age 15, controlling for the effects of race, gender, household income, family structure, maternal bonding, peer delinquency, and participant delinquency. A second analysis showed that maternal ratings of peer delinquency when the child was 9 years old mediated the relationship between age 3 insecure attachment and age 15 narcissistic entitlement.<br><br>CONCLUSIONSThe current results suggest that insecure attachment is directly and indirectly (via delinquent peer associations) linked to narcissistic entitlement, a facet of proactive criminal thinking.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2199-4641",
doi="10.1007/s40865-019-00117-4",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s40865-019-00117-4"
}