RT Article
T1 Social Isolation, Strain, and Youth Violence
JF Youth violence and juvenile justice
VO 15
IS 3
SP 299
OP 313
A1 Niño, Michael
A2 Cai, Tianji
A2 Ignatow, Gabe
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1744733740
AB This article examines the relationship between types of social isolation and violent delinquency. Deriving hypotheses from elements of general strain theory, we test whether the isolation-violence relationship varies across different types of isolated youth when compared to sociable youth. We also test whether other negative experiences and circumstances (types of social strain) associated with adolescence moderate the relationship between isolation types and violent delinquency. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, we find that different types of social isolation had varying effects on violent delinquency. Socially disinterested youth show a greater capacity for violent behavior, but other types of marginalized youth showed no difference in violence when compared to sociable youth. Results also demonstrate that some types of strain moderate the isolation-violence relationship. The implications of these findings for research on peer relations, adolescent strain, and violence are discussed.
K1 General Strain Theory
K1 Peer networks
K1 Social Isolation
K1 Violence
DO 10.1177/1541204016636435