Thoughtfully Reflective Decision Making and the Accumulation of Capital: Bringing Choice Back In
Thoughtfully Reflective Decision Making and the Accumulation of Capital: Bringing Choice Back In
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深思熟虑的反思性决策和资本积累：重新选择
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2011
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Gregory M. Zimmerman
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R. Paternoster;Greg Pogarsky;Gregory M. Zimmerman
在本文中，我们涉及一种特殊类型的决策，深思熟虑的反思决策（TRDM）在青春期，成功和不成功的生活结果在年轻的成年。那些在决策过程中深思熟虑的人更有可能考虑实现目标的其他可能途径，权衡这些替代方案的成本和收益，并批判性地重新审视所做的决定，以检查哪些是好的，哪些是错的。我们还认为，什么介导的影响TRDM对以后的生活结果是资本的积累。那些使用更好的决策实践的人更有可能认识到人力、社会和文化资本所提供的资源，并进行必要的投资来积累人力、社会和文化资本。这些概念在理论上与刑事犯罪者既是理性的计划者和决策者，又是完全的人类代理人的概念相联系。使用Add Health数据集的数据，我们的假设在很大程度上得到了证实。那些在青少年时期TRDM较高的人更有可能进入大学或从大学毕业，身体健康状况更好，更多地参与公民和社区事务，不太可能犯下犯罪行为，使用非法药物和成年后大量饮酒。TRDM还与人力、社会和文化资本的积累有着积极的关系。最后，TRDM对年轻人结果的影响的很大一部分是由资本积累介导的。这些研究结果对未来的理论和研究的影响进行了讨论。
In this paper we relate a particular type of decision making, thoughtfully reflective decision making (TRDM) in adolescence, to successful and unsuccessful life outcomes in young adulthood. Those who are thoughtfully reflective in their decision making are more likely to consider possible alternative routes to goal attainment, weigh the costs and benefits of those alternatives, and critically revisit the decision once made to examine what went well and what went wrong. We also argue that what mediates the effect of TRDM on later life outcomes is the accumulation of capital. Those who use better decision making practices are more likely to recognize the resources provided by and make the necessary investments to accumulate human, social and cultural capital. These notions are theoretically linked to conceptions of criminal offenders as both rational planners and decision makers and as fully human agents. Using data from the Add Health data set, our hypotheses are largely confirmed. Those who are higher in TRDM as adolescents were more likely to have enrolled in or graduated from college, to be in better physical health, are more involved in civic and community affairs, less likely to commit criminal acts, use illegal drugs and be involved in heavy drinking as adults. TRDM is also positively related to the accumulation of human, social and cultural capital. Finally, a substantial part of the effect of TRDM on young adult outcomes was mediated by capital accumulation. The implications of these findings for future theory and research are discussed.