The Role of Peer Delinquency on the Relationship between Self-esteem and Delinquent Involvement
Date Issued
2006
Date
2006
Author(s)
CHANG, HSUAN-TZU
DOI
en-US
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine the socialization process linked with initial low self-esteem and elevated self-esteem by integrating differential association theory (Sutherland & Cressey, 1955) and self-enhancement theory (Kaplan, 1980). This study uses three-wave Taiwan Youth Project (TYP), the first panel study of adolescents in Taiwan, to specify the relationship between self-esteem and delinquent pees participation. Applying nomination data to measure peer delinquency allows for a more specific conceptualization of delinquent peers. Findings show that low self-esteem in the 7th-grade student negatively correlates with participation in delinquent peers and individual delinquency in the same year. Moreover, adolescents participating in the delinquent peers in the 7th grade are more likely to involve in delinquent behavior in the 8th grade. Finally, adolescents with delinquent behavior in the 8th grade are apt to befriend other delinquent peers in the 9th grade. Using three-wave measurement with nomination data helps researchers to understand that interaction between self-esteem and social context which influence adolescent delinquency in dynamic way.
Subjects
偏差行為
自尊
自我彰顯動機
差別結合理論
delinquency
self-esteem
self-enhancement theory
differential association theory
Type
other
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