The Mediating Role of Self-Control Between Parental Attachment and Adolescent Delinquency
The Mediating Role of Self-Control Between Parental Attachment and Adolescent Delinquency
Mahshid Manouchehri Musheer A. Aljaberi Yi-Ching Lin Aiche Sabah Chung-Ying Lin Ahmed Alduais Amira Mohammed Ali Aradhana Bhardwaj Mark D. Griffiths a School of Humanities, Arts, and Applied Sciences, Amity University Dubai Campus, Dubai, United Arab Emiratesb Faculty of Human Ecology, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysiac Department of Internal Medicine, Section Nursing Science, Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), Rotterdam, The Netherlandsd Research Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, The Netherlandse Department of Early Childhood and Family Education, National Taipei University of Education, Taipei, Taiwanf Faculty of Human and Social Sciences, Hassiba Benbouali University of Chlef, Chlef, Algeriag Institute of Allied Health Sciences, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwanh School of Nursing, College of Nursing, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwani Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences, Department of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,Trondheim, Norwayj Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Faculty of Nursing, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egyptk Psychology Department, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UKDr. Mahshid Manouchehri is an assistant professor of applied psychology in the School of Humanities, Arts & Applied Sciences at Amity University Dubai. She earned her PhD in Child Development Psychology (Universiti Putra Malaysia), M.A. in Psychometrics from Islamic Azad University (Tehran), and B.A. in Psychology from Payame Noor University (Tehran). Her teaching encompasses introductory psychology, personality theory, educational psychology, and research methodology. Dr. Manouchehri’s research focuses on parenting and child development, adolescent well-being, family dynamics, self-esteem, attachment, neurofeedback, and mental health.Dr. Musheer Al-Jaberi holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing, a Master of Nursing with a focus on education, and a PhD in Community Health with a specialization in Health Service Management. He has over eight years of extensive academic experience in research, teaching, and supervising both Ph.D. and Master’s students. His background includes roles in nursing, program coordination, and various executive positions. He works as a researcher at the Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands, and as a senior researcher at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, the Netherlands.Dr. Yi-Ching Lin, serving as an associate professor at the Department of Early Childhood and Family Education in National Taipei University of Education, focuses on parental influences on the development, health, and behavior of young children. Her research, supported by national grants, covers child health and development topics, with strong dedication to student mentorship.Dr. Aiche Sabah is a professor of clinical psychology at Hassiba Ben Bouali University, Chlef, Algeria. She has published more than 35 peer-reviewed research articles and authored seven scholarly books. Her work focuses on family resilience, adolescent mental health, psychometric validation and quality-of-life assessment, and she currently leads the national PRFU project on family resilience. Aiche is an active reviewer for international journals and supervises doctoral research, amplifying the reach of Arabic-language psychological science. Dr. Lin has built international collaborations on early childhood physical activity and health, integrating objective measures and culturally relevant frameworks. Her work addresses health-related quality of life, physical activity, parental support, and psychosocial factors, demonstrating expertise in developmental health research.Dr. Chung-Ying Lin, PhD, Full Professor in the Institute of Allied Health Sciences, Department of Occupational Therapy, Department of Public Health, and Biostatistics Consulting Center, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan. His research interests include behavioral addiction, mental health, quality of life, health behaviors, stigma, and psychometric testing. He has published more than 500 academic publications with an H-index over 60 and FWCI over 3 in Scopus. Based on his expertise, he has developed and validated different instruments to assess people’s health and behaviors. He is now a co-editor-in-chief of the Asian Journal of Social Health and Behavior, an associate editor of Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics and the Hong Kong Journal of Occupational Therapy, a section editor of Stress & Health, and a member of the editorial board of several renowned journals, including Psychological Assessment, the European Journal of Psychological Assessment, Evaluation & the Health Professions, and the International Journal of Clinical & Health Psychology. He also has served as an ad-hoc reviewer over 250 journals, including top-tier ones such as Psychological Medicine, Plos Medicine, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Journal of Affective Disorders, Journal of Behavioral Addictions, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Value in Health, and Lancet’s EClinicalMedicine.Dr. Ahmed Alduais PhD in Developmental Psychology and PhD in Special Education, with international experience in Norway, New Zealand, Italy, Hong Kong (PRC), China, Qatar, Türkiye, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. His research interests include developmental psychology, psychometrics, clinical linguistics, and research methodology.Dr. Amira Mohammed Ali is an Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health, Alexandria University. She studied at the University of Tokyo as a non-degree postgraduate student and later completed a four-year postdoctoral fellowship at the National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry in Tokyo, Japan. Her research focuses on psychometrics, women’s mental health, mental distress, aging and neurodegenerative diseases, addictive disorders, and stigma.Dr. Aradhana B. Bhardwaj is an Associate Professor and Programme Leader of Psychology at Amity University Dubai. She earned her PhD and MPhil from Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, and an MA from DAV (PG) College, Dehradun. With over 18 years of academic, research, and counselling experience, she teaches Experimental and Applied Positive Psychology, Science of Well-Being, and School Counselling. Her research focuses on positive psychology, sports psychology, and mental health.Dr. Mark Griffiths is a Distinguished Professor of Behavioural Addiction at Nottingham Trent University. He has published over 1600 peer-reviewed research papers, seven books, and over 200 book chapters. He has won over 25 national and international awards for his research.