@article{ref1,
title="Self-reported delinquency and home life: Evidence from a sample of British girls",
journal="Journal of youth and adolescence",
year="1987",
author="Campbell, A.",
volume="16",
number="2",
pages="167-177",
abstract="This study examines the correlation between family variables and delinquency (both self-reported and official) in a small sample of British teenage girls. Factor analysis of the 72-item Home Life Questionnaire (from T. H. Hirschi [1969] Causes of Delinquency, University of California Press, Berkeley) revealed a clear four-factor structure of caring and communication, discipline, pressure and mother-daughter closeness, which cumulatively accounted for 31% of the variance. Multiple regression of these factors onto self-reported delinquency indicated the maternal factor to be most powerful, explaining 25% of the variance in self-reported delinquency. Institutionalized and noninstitutionalized girls showed only chance differences in terms of the quality of their home life.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0047-2891",
doi="10.1007/BF02138918",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02138918"
}