RT Article
T1 Life Stress, Strain, and Deviance Across Schools: Testing the Contextual Version of General Strain Theory in China
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 62
IS 8
SP 2447
OP 2460
A1 Zhang, Jinwu
A2 Liu, Jianhong 1954-
A2 Wang, Xin
LA English
YR 2018
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1588046095
AB 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.
K1 Life stress
K1 Strain
K1 Juvenile delinquency
K1 Schools
K1 MST
K1 Schule
K1 Belastung
K1 Delinquenz
K1 General Strain Theory
K1 Drucktheorie
K1 China
DO 10.1177/0306624X17720182