Social Behavior and Personality
Volume 45, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 605-616

Aggression differences among nonoffender, onset-offender, and recidivist migrant youth in China (Article)

Xie X. , Zhou Q. , Chen L. , Feng B. , Ji C. , Geng W. , Zhou X.*
  • a Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, China
  • b Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, China
  • c Department of Psychology, Wenzhou Medical University, China
  • d School of Basic Medical Sciences, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, China
  • e The People’s Procuratorate of Longwan District, China
  • f School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, China
  • g Department of Information, The First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, China

Abstract

We examined aggression differences among nonoffender, onset-offender, and recidivist migrant youth in China using explicit and implicit measures. From 2011 to 2015, data were collected via face-to-face surveys and the Implicit Association Test (IAT). Male migrant youth (N = 227; 106 nonoffenders, 78 onset-offenders, and 43 recidivists) completed the Chinese version of the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire, and 125 male migrant youth (68 nonoffenders, 31 onset-offenders, and 26 recidivists) performed two IATs assessing implicit attitudes and implicit self-concepts about aggression. The results showed that the IAT was reliable in an Asian context with offenders, and that the onset-offenders demonstrated greater aggression compared with those in the recidivist and nonoffender groups. Our findings suggest that onset-offenders may have more accurate self-awareness than do recidivists and incarceration may influence attitudes toward aggression in a positive way. Such knowledge is important for interventions that target juvenile delinquency. © 2017 Scientific Journal Publishers Limited. All Rights Reserved.

Author Keywords

Aggression Implicit association test Onset-offender Implicit self-concept migrant youth Implicit attitudes

Index Keywords

male China major clinical study Juvenile Delinquency awareness questionnaire recidivism human migrant Aggression Adolescent
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DOI: 10.2224/sbp.5981
ISSN: 03012212
Cited by: 1
Original Language: English