@article{ref1,
title="Parenting, self-control, and delinquency: examining the applicability of Gottfredson and Hirschi's General Theory of Crime to South Korean youth",
journal="International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology",
year="2013",
author="Jo, Youngoh and Zhang, Yan",
volume="58",
number="11",
pages="1340-1363",
abstract="Limited studies have examined whether self-control fully mediates the effect of parenting on deviant behavior beyond Western cultures. Using a sample of 882 South Korean middle and high schools students, this article examines the applicability of Gottfredson and Hirschi's argument about the role of parenting in self-control theory in the context of Asian culture. Results of structural equation modeling (SEM) suggest the relationships among parenting, self-control, and delinquency hold in South Korean culture: Parenting has only an indirect effect through self-control on delinquency. The findings of multigroup SEM, however, indicate that gender differences exist in the relationships among parenting, self-control, and delinquency. This study provides support for cultural invariance of self-control theory but suggests that more studies examining gender differences and interaction between gender and race in the theory are required.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-624X",
doi="10.1177/0306624X13494670",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X13494670"
}