TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Self-control, negative affect, and young driver aggression: an assessment of competing theoretical claims
JO  - International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
A1  - Ellwanger, Steven J.
A1  - Pratt, Travis C.
SP  - 85
EP  - 106
VL  - 58
IS  - 1
N2  - A large body of research reveals support for Agnew's general strain theory (GST) and Gottfredson and Hirschi's self-control theory, yet the two perspectives make decidedly different predictions concerning the relationships between self-control, negative affect (e.g., anger), and criminal/deviant behavior. Where GST specifies indirect and conditioning effects of self-control and negative affect on criminal/deviant behavior, self-control theory states that the independent effect of indicators of anger would be spurious and should disappear on controlling for self-control. We test these propositions using survey data from a probability sample of young adults. The structural equation models indicate that, although anger is largely the consequence of self-control, self-control and negative affect exert significant direct effects on driving aggression. These results highlight the need to integrate GST and self-control theories to better explain this form of deviant behavior.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0306-624X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0306624X12462830
ID  - ref1
ER  -