TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Longitudinal and reciprocal relations between delay discounting and crime
JO  - Personality and individual differences
A1  - Lee, Christine A.
A1  - Derefinko, Karen J.
A1  - Milich, Richard
A1  - Lynam, Donald R.
A1  - Dewall, C. Nathan
SP  - 193
EP  - 198
VL  - 111
IS  - 
N2  - Theorists argue that self-control failure is the underlying cause of criminal behavior, with previous research linking poor self-control to delinquency and drug use. The path from self-control to crime is well-established, but less is known about whether criminal behavior contributes to self-control deficits over time. We investigated bi-directional relations between self-control assessed via a delay discounting task and self-reported crime over a three-year period. During their first, second (73.38% retention rate), and third (63.12% retention rate) years of college, 526 undergraduates completed a delay discounting task and reported on their criminal behavior. In order to maximize variability, participants with conduct problems were overrecruited, comprising 23.1% of the final sample. As expected, more discounting of hypothetical monetary rewards significantly predicted future property crime across a one and two-year period, even when controlling for initial levels of both. This study also demonstrated evidence of a bi-directional relationship; violent crime predicted higher rates of delay discounting one year later. These results suggest that bi-directional relations exist between self-control and types of crime.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0191-8869
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.02.023
ID  - ref1
ER  -