Self-control, gender, and deviance among Turkish university students

Keeping it Between the Buoys: Assessing Self-Reported Boating Under the Influence (BUI) in a Young Adult Population

“…The interaction term did not reach significance for the other two behaviors, but in each case the term's sign was consistent with theoretical expectations. Our findings are consistent with other studies (Harrison et al 2007;Özbay 2008;Shekarkhar and Gibson 2011) and indicate that low self-control has a greater impact for men. Men with very low self-control had an extremely high chance of engaging in impaired boating and three times the likelihood of engaging in BUI than women of similar low self-control.…”

“…Research typically supports Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) hypothesis that men have lower self-control than women (e.g., Gibbs et al 1998;Tittle et al 2003), but several recent works have suggested that the relationship between self-control and behavior is contingent on gender Harrison et al 2007). Research tends to support these assertions (Chapple and Johnson 2007;Chui and Chan 2013;DeLisi et al 2010;Özbay 2008) although the existence and strength of gender differences in the effect of self-control seem to vary by offense type (Shekarkhar and Gibson 2011). Also complicating the gender, self-control, and offending relationship is the challenge with equitably measuring self-control.…”

Situational Action Theory’s Self-Control/Morality Interaction Effects and the Moderating Influence of Being Female: A Comparison of Property and Violent Offending Using a Sample of Juvenile Delinquents

“…A detailed examination of the effects of sex is also important because research indicates that several of the key SAT constructs are themselves gendered. Scholars have noted that low self-control has similar effects on the likelihood of offending across males and females, although females generally exhibit significantly higher levels of self-control than males do (Gibbs, Giever, & Martin, 1998; Harrison, Jones, & Sullivan, 2008; Lagrange & Silverman, 1999; Özbay, 2008; Tittle, Ward, & Grasmick, 2003). Lagrange and Silverman (1999) found in their study sample that girls had higher levels of self-control than boys.…”

Social context, family process, and Turkish boys’ pathway to incarceration: an application of the age-graded theory of informal social control

“…Exceptions are a series of articles by Özbay and various colleagues that reported on tests of general strain theory (Özbay & Özcan, 2006a), social control theory (Özbay & Özcan, 2006b, 2008), and selfcontrol theory (Özbay, 2008;Özbay & Köksoy, 2009) in Turkey. Although these exceptions contributed to knowledge by testing hypotheses deduced from a variety of theories, the studies take a positivist approach and use a cross-sectional design that do not provide insight into the lived experiences of the youth over time.…”