Are Adverse Childhood Experiences Associated With Deficits in Self-Control? A Test Among Two Independent Samples of Youth
Autor: | Sadhika Soor, Madison Trace, Brae Campion Young, Carter Hay, Poco D. Kernsmith, Joanne P. Smith-Darden, Jennifer E. Copp, Ryan C. Meldrum |
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Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Child abuse
Home environment media_common.quotation_subject 050901 criminology 05 social sciences Self-control Criminal behavior Pathology and Forensic Medicine Test (assessment) Independent samples Juvenile delinquency 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences 0509 other social sciences Adverse Childhood Experiences Psychology Law General Psychology 050104 developmental & child psychology media_common Clinical psychology |
Zdroj: | Criminal Justice and Behavior. 47:166-186 |
ISSN: | 1552-3594 0093-8548 |
Popis: | A large body of research links both a lack of self-control and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) to a variety of negative health and behavior outcomes, including delinquent and criminal behavior. To date, relatively little research considers whether experiencing a greater variety of ACEs is associated with lower self-control. We advance this area of research by first articulating potential mechanisms through which ACEs may impact self-control. We then investigate whether experiencing more ACEs is inversely associated with self-control in separate samples of youth from Michigan and Florida. For both samples, results indicate that experiencing a greater variety of ACEs is negatively associated with self-control. Exploratory analyses also indicate that ACEs reflecting interpersonal maltreatment are more strongly associated with deficits in self-control than ACEs pertaining to aspects of household dysfunction. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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