The present study examined the stability of self-control and the relationship of parenting and self-control based on Gottfredson and Hirschi’s general theory of crime. By using a four-wave longitudinal data coming from the D.C Family Strengthening Project, this paper adopts the appropriate statistical tool for latent variables (Mplus) to explore the rank stability of self-control among a minority dominated sample aged …
Author: Tian, Ying
Source: University of Maryland
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Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Literature Review
Stability of self-control
Literature Review on Stability of Personality Traits
Literature review on the relative stability of self-control
Origin of Self-Control
Overview of the Present Study
Hypotheses
Chapter 3: Data and Methods
Data
Sample Characteristics
Measurement
Self-Control
Parent practice
Control variables
Analysis Strategies
Advantage and limitation of the data
Chapter 4: Findings
Relative Stability of Self-Control
Child-Rearing and Self-Control
Chapter 5: Discussion and Conclusion
Appendices
Appendix A: Self-controls scales in Older Children Survey
Appendix B: Self-controls scales in Parent Survey
Appendix C: Parenting Practice Scale in Parent Survey
Appendix D: Factor Analysis of Self-Control Scale in Older Children Survey
Appendix E: Factor Analysis of Parenting Scale in Combined Younger Children
and Parent Survey
Appendix E: Factor Analysis of Parenting Scale in Combined Younger Children
and Parent Survey
Appendix F: Mplus Output of Causality Hypothesis
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