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What shapes cyber delinquency in adolescents?: A holistic and comparative analysis of cyber and traditional offline delinquencies

Jeong Ah Yoo

Children and Youth Services Review, 2022, vol. 136, issue C

Abstract: Despite extensive research, the question remains regarding what shapes cyber delinquency. Using Korean Children and Youth Panel Study, this study conducted a comparative examination of the factors affecting cyber and traditional offline delinquencies from a holistic perspective. The results show that cyber and traditional offline delinquencies have both distinctive and common factors. Both groups were affected by direct and indirect delinquency-related experiences, such as delinquent friends and victimization by delinquency. Intriguingly, cyber delinquency was not associated with many factors that strongly affected traditional offline delinquency, such as gender, aggression, and academic achievement. Rather, it was affected by other factors, such as depression, lack of attention, Internet use for social communications, and relationships with teachers. The results of this study suggest that cyber delinquents may be qualitatively different from traditional delinquents in many aspects, and therefore a more differentiated approach is needed to efficiently prevent cyber delinquency.

Keywords: Cyber delinquency; Traditional offline delinquency; Adolescents (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2022.106445

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