Egotism and delinquent behavior

Journal of Interpersonal Violence

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 572-590

  Costello, Barbara J ^a   Gregory Dunaway, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Control theory; Delinquency; Egotism; Self esteem

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644265840     PISSN: 08862605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0886260503251128     Document Type: Article

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