RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN GLOBAL AND DOMAIN‐SPECIFIC SELF‐EVALUATIONS AND TYPES OF OFFENDING IN COMMUNITY BOYS AND GIRLS |
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| Authors: | Lore Van Damme Olivier Colins Lieven J. R. Pauwels Wouter Vanderplasschen |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Ghent University, Department of Special Education;2. Curium‐Leiden University Medical Centre;3. Ghent University, Department of Criminology, Criminal Law and Social Law, and Department of Special Education |
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This study investigates age‐ and gender‐specific relationships between global and domain‐specific self‐evaluations and types of offending in school‐going adolescents. A self‐report survey was administered to 710 boys and girls, using the Dutch version of the Self‐Perception Profile for Adolescents and an offending questionnaire. Property‐only (vs. non‐) offending is related to low perceived behavioral conduct. Violent‐only (vs. non‐) offending is negatively related to perceived behavioral conduct in both boys and girls. In addition, violent‐only (vs. non‐) offending is related to low perceived scholastic competence in girls but high perceived scholastic competence in boys. Both property and violent (vs. non‐) offending is related to low perceived behavioral conduct but high perceived close friendship. The findings generally support the view that low rather than high self‐evaluation is related to offending. This relation differs according to the subscale of self‐evaluation, the type of offending, only marginally according to gender, and not at all according to age. |
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