TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - The relationship between dimensional self-concept and juvenile gang involvement: implications for prevention, intervention, and court referred diversion programs
JO  - Behavioral sciences and the law
A1  - Herrmann, D. Scott
A1  - Jeffries McWhirter, J.
A1  - Sipsas-Herrmann, Athanasia
SP  - 181
EP  - 194
VL  - 15
IS  - 2
N2  - In this investigation we assessed 427 youths from an area with considerable gang activity to determine the way in which self-concept is related to gang involvement, and to assess how gang involvement fluctuates as a function of gender and grade level. Product moment correlations revealed a significant negative association between gang involvement and the self-concept dimensions of competence, affect, academic, family, and global; however, only the relationship with competence self-concept remained significant after adjusting for alpha inflation. Discriminant analysis revealed a significant predictive relationship between self-concept and classifi-cation into high or low gang-involved groups. Males were found to be significantly more gang involved than females, but no differences were found by grade level (although a significant gender by grade interaction was present). Implications for field-based prevention/intervention efforts and court referred diversion programs are discussed. ©1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0735-3936
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/(SICI)1099-0798(199721)15:2<181::AID-BSL268>3.0.CO;2-O
ID  - ref1
ER  -