TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1987//
TI  - Self-reported delinquency and home life: Evidence from a sample of British girls
JO  - Journal of youth and adolescence
A1  - Campbell, A.
SP  - 167
EP  - 177
VL  - 16
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0047-2891
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF02138918
ID  - ref1
ER  -