@article{ref1,
title="Can a pessimistic outlook moderate the victimization-delinquency relationship?",
journal="Violence and victims",
year="2023",
author="Walters, Glenn D.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="This study was designed to shed light on the relationship between victimization and offending, a pattern commonly known as the victim-offender overlap, by exploring whether victimization and pessimism toward the future interact in association with self-reported delinquency. This study was performed on 1,300 (444 males, 645 females, and 211 sex not identified) members of the 2018 High School Senior Monitoring the Future cross-sectional study. Multiple regression analysis was conducted using a maximum likelihood estimator and bias-corrected bootstrapped 95% confidence intervals. The analysis revealed that victimization and the victimization × pessimism interaction correlated significantly with delinquency, after controlling for a series of demographic, family, and peer factors. These results indicate that pessimism toward the future may exacerbate the already strong relationship known to exist between victimization and delinquency.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0886-6708",
doi="10.1891/VV-2021-0142",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/VV-2021-0142"
}