To do, not to do, or do something different : self-control and incarcerated youth offenders.

Incarcerated youth offenders (N = 25) were compared with non-offending youths (N = 25) in the aspect of self-control with the Stroop test and the Arithmetic switching task. Compared to the non-offenders, incarcerated youth offenders appeared to have larger switch costs in the switching task though t...

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Main Author:	Khairiyah Kassim.
Other Authors:	Qu Li
Format:	Final Year Project
Language:	English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social deviance
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10356/17283
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-172832019-12-10T12:08:35Z To do, not to do, or do something different : self-control and incarcerated youth offenders. Khairiyah Kassim. Qu Li School of Humanities and Social Sciences DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology::Social deviance Incarcerated youth offenders (N = 25) were compared with non-offending youths (N = 25) in the aspect of self-control with the Stroop test and the Arithmetic switching task. Compared to the non-offenders, incarcerated youth offenders appeared to have larger switch costs in the switching task though they performed the same on the Stroop task. This suggests that incarcerated youth offenders may be able to stop themselves from an inappropriate behavior but they have difficulties in switching to an appropriate behavior, compared to non-offending youths. Bachelor of Arts 2009-06-05T02:51:40Z 2009-06-05T02:51:40Z 2009 2009 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/17283 en Nanyang Technological University 41 p. application/pdf
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description	Incarcerated youth offenders (N = 25) were compared with non-offending youths (N = 25) in the aspect of self-control with the Stroop test and the Arithmetic switching task. Compared to the non-offenders, incarcerated youth offenders appeared to have larger switch costs in the switching task though they performed the same on the Stroop task. This suggests that incarcerated youth offenders may be able to stop themselves from an inappropriate behavior but they have difficulties in switching to an appropriate behavior, compared to non-offending youths.
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To do, not to do, or do something different : self-control and incarcerated youth offenders.

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