Life Stress, Strain, and Deviance Across Schools: Testing the Contextual Version of General Strain Theory in China

General Strain Theory delineates different types of strain and intervening processes from strain to deviance and crime. In addition to explaining individual strain–crime relationship, a contextualized version of general strain theory, which is called the Macro General Strain Theory, has been used to...

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Published in:International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology 2018-06, Vol.62 (8), p.2447-2460
Main Authors: Zhang, Jinwu, Liu, Jianhong, Wang, Xin, Zou, Anquan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
China
Crime
Deviance
Female
Humans
Juvenile Delinquency - psychology
Life stress
Male
Psychological Theory
Schools
Strain theory
Stress
Stress, Psychological
Students - psychology
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Summary:General Strain Theory delineates different types of strain and intervening processes from strain to deviance and crime. In addition to explaining individual strain–crime relationship, a contextualized version of general strain theory, which is called the Macro General Strain Theory, has been used to analyze how aggregate variables influence aggregate and individual deviance and crime. Using a sample of 1,852 students (Level 1) nested in 52 schools (Level 2), the current study tests the Macro General Strain Theory using Chinese data. The results revealed that aggregate life stress and strain have influences on aggregate and individual deviance, and reinforce the individual stress–deviance association. The current study contributes by providing the first Macro General Strain Theory test based on Chinese data and offering empirical evidence for the multilevel intervening processes from strain to deviance. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.
ISSN:0306-624X
1552-6933
DOI:10.1177/0306624X17720182