RT Article
T1 The Impact of Negative Family Environment and Depression on Running Away From Home Among Korean Adolescents
JF International criminal justice review
VO 27
IS 3
SP 188
OP 202
A1 Baek, Hyunin
A2 Higgins, George E.
A2 Losavio, Michael M.
A2 Roberts, Amanda M.
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1750954303
AB Using general strain theory (GST), this study examines negative stimuli (poor relationship with family, parental child abuse, and poor parenting), with the mediating effect of negative emotion (depression), on the deviant behavior of running away from home. The current study used data from a 2009 Korean survey of 9,750 adolescent students in a structural equation model, to examine the possible mediating role of negative emotions. The research results showed that a poor relationship with family and parental abuse increases the level of depression. Also, the level of depression that was experienced by juveniles influenced the likelihood of running away from home. Therefore, this study supported the GST hypothesis of negative stimuli impacting juvenile delinquency with a mediating effect of negative emotion. This study suggests that it is important to remove negative stimuli in the family environment to reduce depression and running away from home.
K1 Depression
K1 General Strain Theory
K1 parental child abuse
K1 poor relationship with family
K1 running away from home
DO 10.1177/1057567717696719