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| 1. Rebellon, Cesar. and Straus, Murray. "Self-control in cross-national perspective: Assessing the reliability, validity, and predictive power of a new self-control measure across 20 national settings" Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Royal York, Toronto, <Not Available>. 2009-12-03 <http://www.allacademic.com/meta/p34113_index.html>Publication Type: Conference Paper/Unpublished Manuscript
Abstract: Despite a wealth of recent research concerning Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) general theory of crime, very little research has attempted to evaluate the empirical reliabiliy and validity of self-control measures in cross-national perspective. To date, no research has attempted to examine whether cross-national variation in crime rates is attributable to cross-national differences in aggregate levels of self-control. The present study employs data from the International Dating Violence Study (IDVS) to evaluate each of the above issues using a new, 6-item measure of self-control. Preliminary results suggest that (1) the six self-control items provide a reliable measure of self-control across national settings in five continents, (2) self-control is a valid predictor of crime among college students in five continents, and (3) differences in aggregate, or average, levels of self-control across national settings explain substantial variance in aggregate levels of crime. |
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