A Comprehensive Test of General Strain Theory: Key Strains, Situational- and Trait-Based Negative Emotions, Conditioning Factors, and Delinquency

Autor/inn/en	Moon, Byongook; Morash, Merry; McCluskey, Cynthia Perez; Hwang, Hye-Won
Titel	A Comprehensive Test of General Strain Theory: Key Strains, Situational- and Trait-Based Negative Emotions, Conditioning Factors, and Delinquency
Quelle	In: Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 46 (2009) 2, S.182-212 (31 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-4278
DOI	10.1177/0022427808330873
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Longitudinal Studies; Delinquency; Social Influences; Social Theories; Conditioning; Depression (Psychology); Psychological Patterns; Middle School Students; Punishment; Bullying; Test Anxiety; Gender Discrimination; Victims of Crime; Parent Child Relationship; Teacher Student Relationship; Conflict; Family Problems; Financial Problems; South Korea + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kriminalität; Sozialer Einfluss; Gesellschaftstheorie; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Bestrafung; Mobbing; Examination phobia; Testangst; Prüfungsangst; Victim; Victims; Crime; Opfer; Verbrechen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Konflikt; Familienkrise; Korea; Republik
Abstract	Using longitudinal data on South Korean youth, the authors addressed limitations of previous tests of general strain theory (GST), focusing on the relationships among key strains, situational- and trait-based negative emotions, conditioning factors, and delinquency. Eight types of strain previously shown most likely to result in delinquency, including delinquency in the South Korean context, were measured. To better understand how trait- and situational-based negative emotions mediate the connection of strains to delinquency, trait and situational measures were used for anger and depression, emotions commonly expected to promote delinquency. Overall, the findings support GST's key propositions. Most of the eight strains and some interaction terms between strains and conditioning variables had significant effects on various types of delinquency. Furthermore, situational-based negative emotions operated differently than trait-based negative emotions in mediating the relationship between strain and delinquency. These findings raise questions about the assumption that trait-based negative emotions accurately represent situational-based negative emotions in response to strains. (Contains 6 tables and 4 notes.) (As Provided).
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