Self-Efficacy,Religiosity, and Crime: Profiles of African American Youth in Urban Housing Communities |
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| Authors: | Christopher P. Salas-Wright Margaret Lombe Von E. Nebbitt Leia Y. Saltzman Taqi Tirmazi |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Social Work, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA;2. School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, USA;3. Jane Addams College of Social Work, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA;4. School of Social Work, Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
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| Abstract: | Youth reporting independently elevated levels of religiosity and self-efficacy tend to abstain from externalizing behavior. However, little is known about the ways in which religiosity and self-efficacy interrelate to impact youth externalizing. Drawing from a sample of African American youth from public housing communities (N = 236), we use latent profile analysis to identify subtypes of youth based on self-reported religiosity and self-efficacy and, in turn, examine links with crime. Compared to youth in other subgroups, those classified as both highly religious and highly self-efficacious reported less involvement in minor and severe delinquency, but not violence. |
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| Keywords: | African American delinquency religiosity self-efficacy violence youth |
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