Self-Control and the Depression–Delinquency Link

Remster, Brianna

doi:10.1080/01639625.2013.822226

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“…Impulsivity is a summative scale based on four attitudinal-based statements self-reported from 1 = strongly agree to 5 = strongly disagree: (1) when you have a problem to solve, one of the first things you do is get as many facts about the problem as possible, (2) when you are attempting to find a solution to a problem, you usually try to think of as many different ways to approach the problem as possible, (3) when making decisions, you generally use a systematic method for judging and comparing alternatives, and (4) after carrying out a solution to a problem, you usually try to analyze what went right and what went wrong. These items generated a reliable scale (α = .75), consistent with prior research (Baker 2010; Remster 2014). On average, respondents reported low levels of impulsivity (8.8 on a scale from 4 to 20).…”

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confidence: 83%

Is Exposure to Violence a Persistent Risk Factor for Offending across the Life Course? Examining the Contemporaneous, Acute, Enduring, and Long-term Consequences of Exposure to Violence on Property Crime, Violent Offending, and Substance Use

Farrell

Zimmerman

2018

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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Is Exposure to Violence a Persistent Risk Factor for Offending across the Life Course? Examining the Contemporaneous, Acute, Enduring, and Long-term Consequences of Exposure to Violence on Property Crime, Violent Offending, and Substance Use

Farrell

Zimmerman

2018

Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency

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“…Depression was measured using a modified version of the Center for Epidemiological Studies–Depression Scale (CES-D), which is a commonly used measure of depression in the Add Health Data (Remster, 2014). Seventeen items (e.g., “In the past week did you feel lonely?”) based on a Likert-type scale ranging from rarely (=0) to most or all of the time (=3) were summed to create an overall measure of depression (α = .86).…”

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Race Differences in Patterns of Risky Behavior and Associated Risk Factors in Adolescence

Childs

Ray

2015

Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol

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Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health), this study expands on previous research by (a) examining differences across race in patterns or "subgroups" of adolescents based on nine self-reported behaviors (e.g., delinquency, substance use, risky sexual practices) and (b) comparing the risk factors (e.g., peer association, parenting, neighborhood cohesion), both within and across the race-specific subgroups, related to membership into the identified latent classes. The data used in this study include respondents aged 13 to 17 who participated in Waves 1 and 2 of the Add Health in-home interview. Latent class analysis (LCA) identified key differences in the number and characteristics of the latent classes across the racial subgroups. In addition, both similarities and differences in the risk factors for membership into the latent classes were identified across and within the race-specific subgroups. Implications for understanding risky behavior in adolescence, as well as directions for future research, are discussed.

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“…We include several time‐varying control variables that have been linked with incarceration and mental health by scholars in prior research. Delinquency is positively correlated with mental health, and with the likelihood of incarceration (Remster, ; Vogel, Stephens, & Siebels, ). Thus, we control for prior delinquency using a five‐item variety scale indicating the number of different delinquent acts committed by respondents during the last year (including vandalism, stealing something worth more than $50, other property crime, selling drugs, and assault).…”

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Beyond the dichotomy: Incarceration dosage and mental health*

2018

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The findings from a growing body of research reveal that incarceration is detrimental for both physical and mental health. Incarceration, however, is typically conceptualized and operationalized as a dichotomy; individuals either have, or have not, been incarcerated. Considering that incarceration can range from one day to several years, a dichotomous measure may be overlooking important variations across lengths of exposure. In addition, most inmates are incarcerated more than once. In this study, we help to fill this gap by examining the relationship between incarceration dosage, measured as time served and number of spells, and mental health among a sample of young adults from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997. By using fixed‐effects modeling, we find that the number of spells and the months incarcerated are positively related to mental health symptoms and the likelihood of depression. The association, however, is contingent on whether a respondent is currently or formerly incarcerated. Among current inmates, more time served is expected to improve mental health and the number of spells is unrelated to either outcome.

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Self-Control and the Depression–Delinquency Link

Cited by 32 publications

References 65 publications

Is Exposure to Violence a Persistent Risk Factor for Offending across the Life Course? Examining the Contemporaneous, Acute, Enduring, and Long-term Consequences of Exposure to Violence on Property Crime, Violent Offending, and Substance Use

Is Exposure to Violence a Persistent Risk Factor for Offending across the Life Course? Examining the Contemporaneous, Acute, Enduring, and Long-term Consequences of Exposure to Violence on Property Crime, Violent Offending, and Substance Use

Race Differences in Patterns of Risky Behavior and Associated Risk Factors in Adolescence

Beyond the dichotomy: Incarceration dosage and mental health*

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