Peers, Social Control, or Guilt? Self-Conscious Emotions as Explanation for Antisocial Behavior. Issue 3 (4th March 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Maxwell, Sheila Royo; Zepeda, Aracely; Rzotkiewicz, Amanda
• Is Part Of: Deviant behavior. Volume 39:Issue 3(2018)
• Page Start: 322
• Page End: 331
• Publication Date: 2018-03-04
• Subjects: Deviant behavior -- Periodicals; 302.54205
• DOI: 10.1080/01639625.2016.1272970
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0163-9625

Abstract

ABSTRACT: Criminologists rarely include self-conscious emotions like guilt or shame to explain delinquency. Instead, factors external to the individual are often used, such as social institutions, the family, or peers. This study uses a longitudinal sample of 526 youth from two waves of survey data to assess the effects of peer influences, social control, and the self-conscious emotion of guilt on youth problem behaviors. Problem behavior is measured using teacher assessments at Time2. All other variables are baseline youth self-report measures that were collected at Time1. The results show that guilt statistically predicted teacher-assessed problem behaviors. Further work is needed to develop this measure in criminology.