Structural Equation Modeling identity styles and self-efficacy With the attitude to crime in students

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between identity identification styles and self-efficacy with delinquency attitudes in high school students in Gorgan.

The research method was descriptive and correlational. The statistical population consisted of 2700 students, of which 330 students were selected by simple random sampling using the Brzonsky (1989) style identification questionnaire, Scherer and Maddox general self-efficacy questionnaire (1982) and dynamic delinquency attitude. (2009) answered. Correlation coefficient and regression with SPSS and Lisrel software were used to analyze the data.

Based on the research findings, there is a negative and significant relationship between identification style with a positive attitude towards delinquency (R = -0.96), a positive and significant relationship between identification styles with self-efficacy (R = 0.73) and a negative relationship between self-efficacy and delinquency attitude. And significant (R = -0.71) was obtained. The results of regression analysis indicated that identity and self-efficacy styles can predict some variance of positive attitude towards delinquency (β = 0.96). Structural equations also showed that the model had a good fit from real world data and the effect of self-efficacy variable on the components of delinquency attitude was confirmed and the fit was significant.

According to the findings of the present study, identity and self-efficacy styles can be used to reduce attitudes toward delinquency.