자기통제의 안정성과 낮은 자기통제 수준에서 상황적 요인이 청소년 비행에 미치는 영향

The purpose of this study was to empirically test characteristics of self-control which was assumed in a general theory. The first characteristic of self-control becomes set between the ages of 8-10, and once established self-control is maintained over the life-course. The second characteristic is that self-control is sole cause of criminal and analogous behavior. This study used data from the 1st through the 5th annual datasets of middle school panel of the Korea Youth Panel Survey(KYPS) to empirically test two characteristics of self-control, and the semiparametric group-based model and the logistic regression model was applied for the analysis. The results of this study are as follows. Developmental trajectories of self-control could classify in five groups. And the level of self-control in these groups did not change significantly over time. In this result, self-control can be seen as having stable characteristic. Next, to test characteristic that self-control is sole cause of crime or delinquency, situational factors examined the effect on juvenile delinquency in targeting groups with relatively low self-control. In this results, situational factors significantly affected change of delinquency over time. This results showed that self-control and situational factors affect juvenile delinquency