Aspirations, Expectations and Delinquency: The Moderating Effect of Impulse Control.
Although prior research finds a robust link between delinquent behavior and expectations, or an adolescent's perceived likelihood of obtaining one's future goals, fewer studies have evaluated aspirations, or the perceived importance of achieving one's goals. In addition, few studies consider how ind...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Youth & Adolescence Vol. 46; no. 7; pp. 1503 - 1515 |
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Springer Nature
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