The Link Between Impulsivity, Suicide Ideation, and Illegal Behavior in College Students

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dc.contributor.advisorDugan, Lauraen_US
dc.contributor.authorFreeland, Rachel Miriamen_US
dc.contributor.departmentCriminology and Criminal Justiceen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-07-07T05:50:52Z
dc.date.available2011-07-07T05:50:52Z
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.description.abstractMichael Gottfredson and Travis Hirschi's general theory of crime posits that persons with low self-control are more likely to engage in criminal, as well as, analogous behaviors. This thesis attempts to explore the relationship between low self-control, as measured by impulsivity, illegal behavior, and suicide ideation, an analogous behavior, in a college student population. Data are taken from the College Life Study, a longitudinal study that examines the health behaviors of one cohort of first-year college students. Using multinomial logistic regression, the results indicate that the more impulsive students are also those who show signs of suicide ideation and illegal behavior or just illegal behavior without suicide ideation. However, when examining suicide ideation alone, there is not a statistically significant relationship with impulsivity. Thus, Gottfredson and Hirschi's theory is only partially supported by this thesis.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/11723
dc.subject.pqcontrolledCriminologyen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCollege Studentsen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledCrimeen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledImpulsivityen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSelf-Controlen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSuicide Ideationen_US
dc.titleThe Link Between Impulsivity, Suicide Ideation, and Illegal Behavior in College Studentsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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