@article{ref1,
title="Gender, Self-Control, and Informal Social Control in Adolescence: A Test of Three Models of the Continuity of Delinquent Behavior",
journal="Youth and society",
year="2002",
author="Mason, W. Alex and Windle, Michael",
volume="33",
number="4",
pages="479-514",
abstract="Three alternative theories of the continuity of delinquent behavior throughout childhood and into adolescence were evaluated with a series of nested structural equation models in a sample of 840 middle adolescents. Longitudinal analyses revealed that childhood behavior problems were related directly and indirectly (through age-graded social control variables) to adolescent delinquency among boys. Childhood behavior problems had unmediated effects on girls' major delinquency but were only indirectly related to girls' minor delinquency. (Abstract Adapted from Source: Youth and Society, 2002. Copyright © 2002 by SAGE Publications)Child OffenderChild DelinquencyJuvenile OffenderJuvenile DelinquencyJuvenile Self-ControlChild Self-ControlChild FemaleChild MaleMale OffenderMale DelinquencyFemale OffenderFemale DelinquencyJuvenile FemaleJuvenile MaleGender DifferencesSocial ControlChild BehaviorChild Problem BehaviorBehavior EffectsFemale BehaviorJuvenile BehaviorDelinquency Causes09-02<p />",
language="en",
issn="0044-118X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}