Ny. Wong et S. Lau, EFFECTS OF SELF-MONITORING AND PERCEIVED APPROVAL ON DELINQUENT-BEHAVIOR AMONG HONG-KONG ADOLESCENTS, Journal of youth and adolescence, 22(2), 1993, pp. 191-200
It has been established that perceived approval from relevant others i
s related to delinquent behavior. The aim of the present study was to
investigate how this relationship was mediated by self-monitoring. Eig
ht hundred twenty-eight students from Grade 7 to Grade 9 were asked to
respond to a questionnaire that measured their self-monitoring, the f
requency they committed delinquent acts, and the perceived approval of
committing these acts from their parents, teachers, and friends. Regr
ession analyses indicated that self-monitoring was an interacting fact
or between perceived approval and delinquency. On further path analyse
s, it was found that self-monitoring acted as a mediating factor, and
that the relationship between delinquent behavior and perceived approv
al was more apparent among high self-monitoring individuals.