Street youths’ control imbalance and soft and hard drug use

Baron, Stephen W.

doi:10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2010.06.006

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“…Control imbalances have been identified in prior research as a consistent predictor of general criminal behavior (e.g., Hughes, Antonaccio, & Botchkovar, 2015; Hunt & Topalli, 2018; Nobles & Fox, 2013; A. R. Piquero & Hickman, 1999), as well as of drug use (Baron, 2010). This latter study demonstrates some initial evidence for the predictive utility of control balance theory in explaining drug use.…”

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Using Control Balance Theory to Examine Sports Doping Among Professional Athletes in Iran

Kabiri

Shadmanfaat

Donner

2019

Journal of Drug Issues

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The use of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) is one of the most important issues in the world of sports. At its very heart, this issue speaks to athletic integrity and competitive fairness. When athletes engage in doping, they are committing acts of deviance. The main purpose of this research, accordingly, is to explain why athletes use illegal PEDs. Specifically, we use Tittle’s control balance theory as a conceptual framework. A sample of 852 professional athletes from Iran was used to test assumptions related to control balance theory, and the findings of the study generally indicated that the components of control balance theory predicted athletes’ doping behavior. In addition, the moderating relationships of the control balance model indicated that the relationship between the control deficit and PED use was moderated by the variance in self-control, opportunity, motivation, constraint, perceived benefits, and provocations. Specific results, policy implications, and study limitations are discussed.

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Using Control Balance Theory to Examine Sports Doping Among Professional Athletes in Iran

Kabiri

Shadmanfaat

Donner

2019

Journal of Drug Issues

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“…Empirical research has linked control imbalances across a variety of life domains to a range of problem behaviors and experiences, including assault and theft (Baron & Forde, 2007;Baron, 2009;Piquero & Hickman, 1999), fraud and embezzlement (Piquero & Piquero, 2006), drinking and drug use (Baron, 2010;Curry & Piquero, 2003), classroom cheating (Curry, 2005), unusual sexual practices (Piquero & Hickman, 1999), eating disorders , and exploitation and victimization (Piquero & Hickman, 1999, 2003. However, because most studies have relied on convenience samples of youth in the USA and Canada, the generalizability of findings largely is unknown.…”

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How General is Control Balance Theory? Evidence from Ukraine

Hughes

Antonaccio²,

Botchkovar³

2014

Justice Quarterly

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This study tests control balance theory using interview data from a random sample of adults in a large city in Ukraine. This is the first empirical assessment of the theory to employ a random sample of adults in a nonwestern culture, and it is one of only two studies to incorporate Tittle's theoretical revisions and measurement strategy for the control ratio. Although we found no evidence of a relationship between projected deviance and a dichotomous measure of control imbalance, respondents with a relatively large control imbalance were significantly more likely to project deviance than were other respondents. In addition, findings provide partial support for predicted contingent relationships involving constraint and self-control. We discuss possible ways in which the socio-cultural circumstances of Ukraine help to explain these findings.

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“… 1. To illustrate, studies using social learning theory (Ford, 2008; Gallupe & Bouchard, 2013; Meneses & Akers, 2011), control balance theory (Baron, 2010), strain/anomie theory (Schroeder & Ford, 2012), self-control theory (Baron, 2010; Conner, Stein, & Longshore, 2009; Vaughn, Beaver, DeLisi, Perron, & Schelbe, 2009), social control theory (Jang & Rhodes, 2012; Schroeder & Ford, 2012), and general strain theory (Carson, Sullivan, Cochran, & Lersch, 2008) have reported linkages between their respective theoretical constructs and different types of substance use and abuse. …”

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Drugged and Dangerous

DeLisi

Vaughn

Salas-Wright

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Journal of Drug Issues

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The evidence is clear that substance use and drug problems often accompany other antisocial behavior generally and violent behavior specifically; however, the specificity of the drug/violence nexus is less clear. Using data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) between 2008 and 2012, the current study examined the prevalence and possible heterogeneity of substance use among serious violent offenders in the United States. Three latent classes were discovered: Class 1 (61.18% of sample) who displayed limited substance use morbidity, Class 2 (28.17% of sample) who displayed comorbid alcohol and marijuana use disorders, and Class 3 (10.65% of sample) who displayed polydrug abuse/dependence and severe criminal careers. Additional results indicated that the most serious violent offenders have substance use problems that appear amenable to treatment; however, the most antisocial violent offenders also have the most severe drug problems. Implications of study findings for the epidemiology of antisocial behavior and correctional interventions are discussed.

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Street youths’ control imbalance and soft and hard drug use

Cited by 15 publications

References 39 publications

Using Control Balance Theory to Examine Sports Doping Among Professional Athletes in Iran

Using Control Balance Theory to Examine Sports Doping Among Professional Athletes in Iran

How General is Control Balance Theory? Evidence from Ukraine

Drugged and Dangerous

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