@article{ref1,
title="Crime in the kingdom: the effects of low self-control in a Saudi Arabian sample of youth",
journal="Youth violence and juvenile justice",
year="2016",
author="Sacarellos, Catherine Dimos and Wright, John Paul and Almosaed, Nora F. and Moghrabi, Sameera S. and Bashatah, Fawzia S. and Morgan, Mark Alden",
volume="14",
number="3",
pages="291-312",
abstract="Low self-control has emerged as a ubiquitous predictor of a range of behaviors and life outcomes, including criminal and analogous behaviors. Evidence linking self-control to criminal conduct, moreover, has also emerged from several cross-cultural studies. While important, cross-cultural studies remain limited in number and in scope. Extending empirical investigations into the effects of self-control cross-culturally, we present findings from data collected from Saudi Arabian high school youth. Low self-control was a substantive predictor of self-reported delinquency, violent behavior (VB), victimization, and delinquent peer associations for males and females. The effects of low self-control were found to be substantive, general, and invariant across sex within a culture that practices sex segregation and one that embraces harsh punishments for violent conduct.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1541-2040",
doi="10.1177/1541204015616663",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541204015616663"
}