Moral disengagement among serious juvenile offenders: A longitudinal study of the relations between morally disengaged attitudes and offending

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1619-1632

  Shulman, Elizabeth P ^a   Cauffman, Elizabeth ^a   Piquero, Alex R ^b   Fagan, Jeffrey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Callous unemotional traits; Juvenile offending; Longitudinal; Moral disengagement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; OFFENDER; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ATTITUDE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CRIMINALS; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 82755195021     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0025404     Document Type: Article

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