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Unselfish Motivations and Deviance: An Empirical Examination of Social Concern Theory among South Korean Adolescents
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- Issue Date
- 2020-06
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- Citation
- Deviant Behavior, Vol.41 No.6, pp.705-717
- Abstract
- The study tested the mediating role of social concern - or intrinsic unselfish motivations - in the relationship among teacher bonds, deviant peer association, and youth delinquency in Korea, a cultural setting that promotes social concern. Multi-group path analysis with nationally representative data of Korean adolescents (N = 2,089) indicated that teacher bonds predicted lower levels of delinquency, whereas deviant peer association predicted higher levels. Bonding with teachers was significantly related to social concern; however, social concern predicted less deviant behavior for boys only. Prevention policies that improve the quality of teacher-youth relationships may more effectively restrain self-interested behavior than intensified punishment.
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- 0163-9625
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