TY - JOUR
T1 - Personality and Opportunity
T2 - An Integrated Approach to Offending and Victimization
AU - Wilcox, Pamela
AU - Sullivan, Christopher J.
AU - Jones, Shayne
AU - van Gelder, Jean Louis
N1 - Funding Information:
Data analyzed for this manuscript were originally collected through funding from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (DA 11317, Richard R. Clayton, PI). However, the opinions and conclusions of this study are the sole responsibility of the study’s authors.
PY - 2014/7
Y1 - 2014/7
N2 - This study examines the alternative ways that key personality traits-Agreeableness and Conscientiousness-work in conjunction with measures of situational opportunity in affecting offending and victimization simultaneously. More specifically, we explore (a) the extent to which the effects of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness on offending and victimization are mediated by opportunity, and (b) the extent to which the effects of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness on offending and victimization are moderated by opportunity. These interrelationships are estimated using path modeling of two waves of survey data from a 4-year panel study of 2,220 adolescents. Results suggest that the effects of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness on offending and/or victimization are partially mediated by situational opportunity. Regarding interaction effects, results show that the effects of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness are also moderated by measures of situational opportunity. These traits appear to protect against offending most notably at the highest levels of opportunity.
AB - This study examines the alternative ways that key personality traits-Agreeableness and Conscientiousness-work in conjunction with measures of situational opportunity in affecting offending and victimization simultaneously. More specifically, we explore (a) the extent to which the effects of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness on offending and victimization are mediated by opportunity, and (b) the extent to which the effects of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness on offending and victimization are moderated by opportunity. These interrelationships are estimated using path modeling of two waves of survey data from a 4-year panel study of 2,220 adolescents. Results suggest that the effects of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness on offending and/or victimization are partially mediated by situational opportunity. Regarding interaction effects, results show that the effects of Agreeableness and Conscientiousness are also moderated by measures of situational opportunity. These traits appear to protect against offending most notably at the highest levels of opportunity.
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U2 - 10.1177/0093854813520603
DO - 10.1177/0093854813520603
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84902128574
SN - 0093-8548
VL - 41
SP - 880
EP - 901
JO - Criminal Justice and Behavior
JF - Criminal Justice and Behavior
IS - 7
ER -