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Boduszek, Daniel, Hyland, Philip, Pedziszczak, Jacek and Kielkiewicz, Krzysztof (2012) Criminal Attitudes, Recidivistic Behaviour, and the Mediating Role of Associations with Criminal Friends: An Empirical Investigation within a Prison Sample of Violent Offenders. Europe’s Journal of Psychology, 8 (1). ISSN 1841-0413
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Abstract
Previous studies suggested a significant interaction between criminal attitudes,
associations with criminal friends, and criminal behaviour. The purpose of the current
investigation was to provide the possible mediating role of associations with criminal
friends between criminal attitudes, and criminal behaviour. Based on a sample of
133 violent offenders, the proposed mediation model tested was found to be a
good fit of the observed data, with each of the respective fit indices exceeding the
criteria for a good fitting model. Thus results suggest that the presence and influence
of criminal friends has a significant mediating effect on the interaction between
criminal attitudes and recidivistic behaviour. Further implications in relation to
research and theory are discussed.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords: | Criminal behaviour; recidivism; anti-social friends; social learning theory; criminal attitudes; |
| Academic Unit: | Assisting Living & Learning,ALL institute Faculty of Science and Engineering > Psychology |
| Item ID: | 19256 |
| Identification Number: | 10.5964/ejop.v8i1.296 |
| Depositing User: | Philip Hyland |
| Date Deposited: | 10 Dec 2024 16:55 |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Europe’s Journal of Psychology |
| Publisher: | PsychOpen |
| Refereed: | Yes |
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| URI: | https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/19256 |
| Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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