Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Background: Researchers who study both attachment and criminal thinking propose that perceptions of the self and others explain why individuals engage in illegal behaviour (e.g., Bowlby, 1944; Mitchell & Tafrate, 2012). The purpose of this study was to combine these areas of research and examine how attachment views of self and others are associated with self and other models of… more Full Text: NURTURING DEVIANCE: EXPLORING THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ATTACHMENT AND CRIMINAL THINKING PATTERNS A thesis submitted to the Committee of Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the Faculty of Arts …
Year: 2023, 2023
Member of: Trent University Graduate Thesis Collection
Abstract: <p>Social scientists have debated whether religious involvement is associated with differences in deviant behaviours for over a century. Religious practices and beliefs are often associated with less deviant behaviours in young adults, such as less frequent drug use and law-breaking. Empirical results on these associations, though, have been mixed, possibly due to heterogenous measures.… more Full Text: THOU GOD SEEST ME: AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ROLE OF RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY IN DEVIANT BEHAVIOURS IN YOUTH A Thesis Submitted to the Committee on Graduate Studies in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in the …