The Moderating Effects of Academic and Social Success on Delinquency

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dc.contributor.advisorKilgus, Stephen P.en_US
dc.contributor.authorManley, Hollyen_US
dc.contributor.departmentPsychology: School Psychologyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-04T19:54:07Z
dc.date.available2016-06-14T19:26:14Z
dc.date.issued2015en_US
dc.description.abstractThis study used longitudinal data taken from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Kindergarten to examine the moderating effects of academic and social success on the relationship between risk factors and the outcome measures of delinquency in children from grades Kindergarten to Eighth Grade. Academic success was defined by moderating variables of Math and Reading scores. Social success was defined by variables measuring Extracurricular Activities, Peer Relationships, and School Connectedness. The outcome variable of delinquency was defined by delinquent acts such as arguing, fighting, lying, stealing, cheating, number of suspensions, and externalizing behaviors. Predictor variables of SES, Impulsivity, and Poor Parent-Child Relationships were used as risk factors for delinquent behaviors. Findings showed that moderating variables of Math scores, Reading scores, and Peer Relationships had limited moderating effects of those predictor variables on delinquency. Extracurricular Activities and School Connectedness had greater moderating effects, usually strengthening pre-existing relationships between the predictor variables and outcome variables.  en_US
dc.description.degreeM.A.en_US
dc.format.extent83 p.en_US
dc.format.mediumdissertations, academicen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10342/4919
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherEast Carolina Universityen_US
dc.subjectPsychologyen_US
dc.subjectEducational psychologyen_US
dc.subjectBehavioral sciencesen_US
dc.subjectAcademicen_US
dc.subjectDelinquencyen_US
dc.subjectModerationen_US
dc.subjectSocialen_US
dc.subject.lcshJuvenile delinquency
dc.subject.lcshAcademic achievement
dc.subject.lcshSocial acceptance in children
dc.subject.lcshStudent activities
dc.subject.lcshBelonging (Social psychology) in children
dc.titleThe Moderating Effects of Academic and Social Success on Delinquencyen_US
dc.typeMaster's Thesisen_US

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