Revisiting the Person-Context Nexus: An Empirical Test of a Revised Trait Suppression Hypothesis

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dc.contributor.advisorStafford, Mark C.
dc.contributor.authorVaughan, Tyler John
dc.contributor.committeeMemberVasquez, Bob E.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberJones, Shayne
dc.contributor.committeeMemberPiquero, Alex R.
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-16T16:11:03Z
dc.date.available2017-05-16T16:11:03Z
dc.date.issued2017-05
dc.description.abstractGiven mixed findings concerning the interaction of neighborhood disadvantage and self-control in understanding crime and delinquency, this work develops a revised theory to explain the conditional effect of self-control across neighborhoods while drawing on existing social psychological and criminological theory. This revised trait hypothesis posits (1) the level of crime is uniformly high and low in high and low disadvantage neighborhoods, respectively, and (2) that the effect of self-control in both high and low disadvantage neighborhoods is attenuated relative to the effect of self-control in medium disadvantage neighborhoods. The revised theory is tested using panel data collected from a sample serious youth offenders using multiple analytic approaches. While the first prediction is supported, the data fail to support the second. A number of explanations for the lack of full support are considered, and it is concluded that self-control and neighborhood disadvantage exert independent effects on crime in this sample.
dc.description.departmentCriminal Justice and Criminology
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dc.format.extent184 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationVaughan, T. J. (2017). <i>Revisiting the person-context nexus: An empirical test of a revised trait suppression hypothesis</i> (Unpublished dissertation). Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/6577
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectSelf-control
dc.subjectNeighborhood disadvantage
dc.subjectInteractional theory
dc.subjectIntegrated theory
dc.subjectTrait suppression
dc.subjectCode of the streets
dc.subjectPathways to desistance
dc.subjectCrime
dc.subjectDelinquency
dc.subjectControl Theory
dc.subjectModeration
dc.subject.lcshCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.lcshSelf-controlen_US
dc.subject.lcshCriminal behavioren_US
dc.subject.lcshCriminal psychologyen_US
dc.titleRevisiting the Person-Context Nexus: An Empirical Test of a Revised Trait Suppression Hypothesis
dc.typeDissertation
thesis.degree.departmentCriminal Justice
thesis.degree.disciplineCriminal Justice
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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