TY - JOUR
T1 - Extending Steinberg's adolescent model of risk taking to the explanation of crime and delinquency
T2 - Are impulsivity and sensation seeking enough?
AU - Armstrong, Todd A.
AU - Boisvert, Danielle
AU - Wells, Jessica
AU - Lewis, Richard
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Elsevier Ltd
PY - 2020/10/15
Y1 - 2020/10/15
N2 - Recent work has generalized Steinberg's (2008) dual systems model of adolescent risk taking behavior to the explanation of crime (Burt, Sweeten, & Simons, 2014; Vazsonyi & Ksinan, 2017). However, risky behaviors and crime are not synonymous and the traits associated with criminal behavior may extend beyond impulsivity and sensation seeking. The current work used a large sample of University students to further explore the generalization of the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking behavior to the explanation of crime. Analyses included measures of traits central to the dual systems model and also measures of traits implicated in the explanation of crime but not necessarily risky behaviors. Results showed that impulsivity and sensation seeking were associated with crime but so were callousness, egocentricity, and Machiavellianism, indicating that the traits associated with criminal behavior extend beyond those included in the dual systems model.
AB - Recent work has generalized Steinberg's (2008) dual systems model of adolescent risk taking behavior to the explanation of crime (Burt, Sweeten, & Simons, 2014; Vazsonyi & Ksinan, 2017). However, risky behaviors and crime are not synonymous and the traits associated with criminal behavior may extend beyond impulsivity and sensation seeking. The current work used a large sample of University students to further explore the generalization of the dual systems model of adolescent risk taking behavior to the explanation of crime. Analyses included measures of traits central to the dual systems model and also measures of traits implicated in the explanation of crime but not necessarily risky behaviors. Results showed that impulsivity and sensation seeking were associated with crime but so were callousness, egocentricity, and Machiavellianism, indicating that the traits associated with criminal behavior extend beyond those included in the dual systems model.
KW - Callousness
KW - Crime
KW - Egocentricity
KW - Impulsivity
KW - Machiavellianism
KW - Sensation seeking
KW - Traits
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85085335068&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110133
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110133
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85085335068
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 165
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
M1 - 110133
ER -
