The stability of self-control among South Korean adolescents

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 445-459

  Yun, Ilhong ^a   Walsh, Anthony ^a  

^a BOISE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

self control; South Korea; stability

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHARACTER; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROL; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LEGAL ASPECT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIALIZATION; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHARACTER; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PARENTING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SOCIAL CONFORMITY; SOCIALIZATION;

EID: 79955378990     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: 15526933     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X09358072     Document Type: Article

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