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Despite more than three decades of research on the relationship between values and deviance, until now results have not completely clarified what kind of relationship it is. Criminological theories (sociological and psychosocial) emphasize on a relationship between certain values, such as hedonistic and materialistic ones, and deviance, but few the...
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... As delinquent behavior is irrational and impulsive, it is reasonable to expect that materialism is positively associated with delinquency. Nevertheless, only a handful of studies have provided support for this proposed positive relationship: Bilsky and Hermann [12] showed that hedonism was positively related to adolescent delinquency; Froggio and Lori [13] showed that hedonistic and materialistic values were positively associated with deviance in a "modest" manner; Auerbach et al. [14] revealed that materialism predicted greater risky behavior engagement (e.g., aggression and delinquency) in Chinese adolescents. There are also findings revealing that materialism is negatively linked to prosocial behavior. ...
Background:
Although studies have examined the influence of materialism on adolescent well-being, there are several methodological limitations: studies examining the influence of materialism on adolescent delinquency are almost non-existent; researchers commonly used cross-sectional designs; the sample size in some studies was not large; validated measures on materialism in non-Western contexts are rare; there are very few Chinese studies. Besides, no study has examined the hypothesis that egocentrism is the mediator in the influence of materialism on adolescent delinquency.
Methods:
Using a short-term longitudinal design, two waves of data were collected from 2648 early adolescents in mainland China. At each wave, students completed validated measures of materialism, egocentrism and delinquent behavior.
Results:
Materialism and egocentrism positively predicted adolescent delinquency at Wave 1 and Wave 2 and over time. While materialism at Wave 1 positively predicted increase in delinquency over time, egocentrism did not. However, PROCESS analysis showed that egocentrism mediated the longitudinal influence of materialism on adolescent delinquent behavior.
Conclusions:
Materialism and egocentrism are predictors of adolescent delinquency, with egocentrism serving as a mediator in the influence of materialism on adolescent delinquency.
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... Simons, Whitbeck, Con-ger in Conger (1991) so ugotovili, da se bodo mladostniki s slabše izraženimi prosocialnimi vrednotami pogosteje udejstvovali prestopniških oblik obnašanja, K.B. Ludwig in Pittman (1999) pa sta v svoji raziskavi ugotovila, da so prosocialne vrednote prediktor socialno zaželenega vedenja le pri dekle- tih. Cochrane (1974, po Froggio in Lori, 2010 ) je ugotovil, da prestopniki večjo pomembnost pripisujejo hedonističnim in materialističnim vrednotam, medtem ko neprestopniki dajejo več poudarka na dolgoročne in prosocialne vrednote. Podobne rezultate so v svoji raziskavah dobili tudi Romero, Sobral, Luengo in Marzoa (2001) ter Froggio in Lori (2010). ...
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