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Alexander T. Vazsonyi
Researcher at University of Kentucky
Publications - 168
Citations - 7378
Alexander T. Vazsonyi is an academic researcher from University of Kentucky. The author has contributed to research in topics: Poison control & Deviance (sociology). The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 158 publications receiving 6696 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexander T. Vazsonyi include University of Arizona & Auburn University.
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An Empirical Test of a General Theory of Crime: A Four-Nation Comparative Study of Self-Control and the Prediction of Deviance
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the psychometric properties of Grasmick et al.'s self-control measure and its relationship with deviance on large, representative adolescent samples (N = 8,417) from Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States.
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It's time: A meta-analysis on the self-control-deviance link
TL;DR: In this article, a meta-analysis examines the link between self-control and measures of crime and deviance, taking stock of the empirical status of self control theory and focusing on work published between 2000 and 2010.
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Examining the Light and Dark Sides of Emerging Adults’ Identity: A Study of Identity Status Differences in Positive and Negative Psychosocial Functioning
Seth J. Schwartz,Wim Beyers,Koen Luyckx,Bart Soenens,Byron L. Zamboanga,Larry F. Forthun,Sam A. Hardy,Alexander T. Vazsonyi,Lindsay S. Ham,Su Yeong Kim,Susan Krauss Whitbourne,Alan S. Waterman +11 more
TL;DR: The authors evaluated an empirically based, cluster-analytic identity status model, to examine whether all four of Marcia's identity statuses would emerge empirically, and to identify different patterns of identity formation among American college-attending emerging adults.
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No More Than Skin Deep: Ethnic and Racial Similarity in Developmental Process
TL;DR: This article found that developmental processes are nearly identical for U.S. Black, Hispanic, White, and Asian ethnic and racial groups using diverse and representative data sources, covariance matrices were computed for these ethnic groups and then compared by using a LISREL goodness-offit test.
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Where self-control comes from: on the development of self-control and its relationship to deviance over time.
Alexander T. Vazsonyi,Li Huang +1 more
TL;DR: Tests based on simple structural equation models and latent growth modeling of developmental trajectories suggest that there was great construct stability of self-control and deviance over the 6-year period of longitudinal study of children as part of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development longitudinal study.