Intervening Paths From Strain to Delinquency Among High School and Vocational School Students in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 22-37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xin Wang ◽  
Jinwu Zhang ◽  
Xiaoxiang Wang ◽  
Jianhong Liu
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Social Control ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
School Type ◽  
School Students ◽  
Guangzhou City ◽  
General Strain ◽  
Delinquent Peers

Chinese education system comprises high schools and vocational school, and their differences on delinquency have seldom been investigated. From the perspective of general strain theory, the present study examined the differences among high school and vocational school students for delinquency, strain, and other explanatory variables. General strain theory delineates the effect of strain on delinquency or deviance and presents the paths from strain to delinquency or deviance through social control and social learning variables. Using a sample of 1,852 tenth-grade students in Guangzhou City, the present study tests the intervening paths from strains to deviance among high school and vocational school students. Results indicated that vocational school students have higher likelihood to be strained and delinquent, and have lower social control and higher interactions with delinquent peers. School type is a significant predictor for strain, as well as social control and delinquent peers.

scholarly journals School truancy among Turkish high school students: A test of General Strain Theory

2016 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 1460 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ozgur Solakoglu ◽  
Ugur Orak
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
Life Events ◽  
Criminal Behavior ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Negative Life Events ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
School Absenteeism ◽  
School Students ◽  
General Strain

School absenteeism is a complicated problem with a variety of causes. It has been shown to be one of the main predictors of school drop-outs as well as leading to delinquency and criminal behavior in adulthood. This study examines the applicability of General Strain Theory on educational factors by considering truancy as a risk behavior. In this empirical study, we test the explanatory powers of certain kinds of strain, including school strain, economic deprivation, negative life events, anger, college plans, past victimization, and depression on students’ truancy. Data were drawn from the part of 2008 Youth in Europe Survey conducted in Istanbul in 2008. The sample consists of 2445 high school students. Results indicate that school strain, anger, and negative life events are significantly associated with likelihood of truancy while past victimization and economic strain have no effect. College goal and depression, on the other hand, have relatively weaker effects on students’ school absenteeism. Findings revealed that there is a relationship between cutting classes and certain kinds of strain among Turkish adolescents. The study also demonstrates that General Strain Theory is applicable for problematic behaviors in an educational context and generalizable to countries other than the U.S.

Additive Interactions Between School Bullying Victimization and Gender on Weapon Carrying Among U.S. High School Students: Youth Risk Behavior Survey 2009 to 2015

2019 ◽  
pp. 088626051987794 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy M. H. Pontes ◽  
Manuel Pontes
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
High School Students ◽  
School Bullying ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Bullying Victimization ◽  
Youth Risk Behavior Survey ◽  
School Students ◽  
Additive Interaction ◽  
Weapon Carrying ◽  
General Strain

The recent increase in the number of school shootings in the United States is a great concern. Consistent with General Strain Theory, previous research suggests that high school students who perpetrate gun violence have often experienced bullying victimization. This research investigated the interaction between gender and school bullying victimization on gun carrying, weapon carrying, and weapon carrying at school. Estimates of additive interaction were reported as recommended by the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines and compared with the estimates of multiplicative interaction. Data were used from a nationally representative survey of 61,042 U.S. high school students. Secondary analysis of pooled cross-sectional data from the 2009, 2011, 2013, and 2015 Youth Risk Behavior Survey was done, using R to estimate interactive effects on an additive scale between male gender and school bullying victimization on weapon carrying. A significant association was found between school bullying victimization, and gun and weapon carrying. Estimates of additive interaction show that the relationship between school bullying victimization and gun or weapon carrying is significantly greater among males than females as predicted by General Strain Theory. School bullying victimization increases the rate of gun and weapon carrying among all students, and especially among male students. Most mass school shooters are male and most of them experience some form of bullying victimization. Consequently, bullying prevention is likely to be important in a national effort to reduce gun and weapon violence in U.S. schools. This research also illustrates why estimates of adjusted risk differences and additive interactions should be reported for interpersonal violence research.

Strains and Delinquency of Migrant Adolescents in China: An Investigation From the Perspective of General Strain Theory

2015 ◽  
Vol 50 (4) ◽  
pp. 506-528 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yunjiao Gao ◽  
Dennis S. W. Wong
Keyword(s):  
Social Control ◽  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
Migrant Status ◽  
Peer Affiliation ◽  
Migrant Youth ◽  
General Strain ◽  
Delinquent Peer ◽  
Migrant Adolescents

Migrant youth are widely considered to engage in more delinquency than their local counterparts because they experience more strains, but few studies have empirically examined the delinquency of migrant adolescents in China. This study applied data of 496 local and 667 migrant adolescents in Shenzhen, China, and examined the effect of migrant status on delinquency and the mechanism of how strains contribute to delinquency. The study found that migrant adolescents, compared with their local counterparts, generally did not engage in higher levels of delinquency despite experiencing higher levels of strains. The pathways to delinquency under strains were similar between the two groups, which were partially mediated by weakening social control and increasing delinquent peer affiliation. The findings of this study challenge the migrant–delinquency link in the dominant Chinese discourse and suggest that migrant adolescents are not necessarily more deviant compared with local adolescents.

A TEST OF GENERAL STRAIN THEORY*

Criminology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 39 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
LISA M. BROIDY
Keyword(s):  
General Strain Theory ◽  
Strain Theory ◽  
General Strain
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