Do Delinquent Young Adults Have a High or a Low Level of Self-concept?

Self and Identity

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 148-169

  van de Schoot, Rens ^a   Wong, Thessa M L ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bayesian model selection; Delinquent behavior; Informative hypothesis; Self concept; Young adults

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855977126     PISSN: 15298868     EISSN: 15298876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15298868.2010.517713     Document Type: Article

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