Educational Social Climates and Delinquency in Iceland

An Integrated Perspective

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2302567
AutoresWilliam F Skinner (University of Kentucky, autor de correspondencia)
Año1987
Volumen30
Número1
Páginas67-86
Fecha de publicación1987-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaActa Sociologica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0001-6993 • E-ISSN: 1502-3869
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/000169938703000104
OpenAlexW1987161808
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas58

This study tests the viability of an educational social climate model in explaining delinquency in Iceland. The model represents an integration of the conceptual ideas found in the educational environment literature and the literature on delinquency and the schools. The model specifies the relationships among perceptions of the school's social climate, school out comes, association with delinquent peers (differential association) and four types of delinquency. Using survey data from a sample (N = 578) of adolescents in Reykjavik, Iceland, the path analysis findings from this study offer modest support for the model School outcomes and differential association have the strongest direct effect on all types of delinquency. Perceptions of the school's social climate mainly have an effect on delin quency through their relationship with school outcomes and differential association

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