Sleep Deprivation, Low Self-Control, and Delinquency: A Test of the Strength Model of Self-Control

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 465-477

  Meldrum, Ryan C ^a   Barnes, J C ^b   Hay, Carter ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Delinquency; Low self control; Mediation; SEM; Sleep deprivation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPULSIVENESS; INFANT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL CONTROL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL;

EID: 84896914523     PISSN: 00472891     EISSN: 15736601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10964-013-0024-4     Document Type: Article

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