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Low self-control and the Dark Triad: Disentangling the predictive power of personality traits on young adult substance use, offending and victimization

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  • Flexon, Jamie L.
  • Meldrum, Ryan C.
  • Young, Jacob T.N.
  • Lehmann, Peter S.

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To evaluate Gottfredson and Hirschi's (1990) spuriousness thesis by focusing on the virtue of alternative psychologically based constructs in explaining substance use, offending and victimization beyond low self-control.

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  • Flexon, Jamie L. & Meldrum, Ryan C. & Young, Jacob T.N. & Lehmann, Peter S., 2016. "Low self-control and the Dark Triad: Disentangling the predictive power of personality traits on young adult substance use, offending and victimization," Journal of Criminal Justice, Elsevier, vol. 46(C), pages 159-169.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:jcjust:v:46:y:2016:i:c:p:159-169
    DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrimjus.2016.05.006
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