Structure and control: Reconsidering Hirschi's concept of commitment

Bernard, Thomas J.

doi:10.1080/07418828700089421

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“…Other studies have operationalized commitment as educational or job aspirations, time spent on homework, or other conventional activities. Some of these operationalizations, notably aspirations and time spent on homework, may conflate commitment with other types of bonds (Bernard, 1987) and/or seem more applicable to adolescents than to adults. Thus they were not optimal for the current study.…”

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Self-Control and Social Bonds: A Combined Control Perspective on Deviance

Longshore

Chang

Hsieh

et al. 2004

Crime & Delinquency

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With longitudinal data from a sample of adult male drug offenders, this study tested 4 aspects of social bonding (attachment, involvement, religious commitment, and moral belief) and association with substance-using peers as outcomes of low self-control and as mediators of the relationship between low self-control and drug use. Low self-control was negatively related to social bonds and positively related to drug use and association with substance-using peers. The relationship between low self-control and drug use was fully mediated by moral belief and association with substance-using peers. These results support the utility of integrating self-control and social bonding perspectives on deviance.

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confidence: 99%