36-3 The Study of Relationships among Attachment, Low Self-control, and Juvenile Delinquency
Based on the viewpoints of a general theory of crime and social control theory, this study was conducted to investigate how attachment and low self-control would influence juvenile delinquency. The sample consisted of 2,110 third-year junior high school students from the Taiwan Youth Project (TYP). The regression analysis was used to analyze the data. The results showed that: (1) attachment was related to low self-control; (2) attachment and low self-control had significant direct impacts on third-year junior high school students’ deviant behavior; (3) there were mediating effect of low self-control on the relationship between attachment to mother, attachment to school, and juvenile delinquency. Several suggestions for guidance and further studies are also provided.
Keywords
attachment ； delinquency ； low self-control ； taiwan youth project
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