RT Article
T1 Long-Term Effects of Adolescent Negative Self-Feelings on Adult Deviance: Moderated by Neighborhood Disadvantage, Mediated by Expectations
JF American journal of criminal justice
VO 38
IS 3
SP 348
OP 368
A1 Pals, Heili
A1 Kaplan, Howard B.
A2 Kaplan, Howard B.
LA English
YR 2013
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1764206126
AB This paper tests two competing hypotheses, derived from general strain and middle class measuring rod theories, regarding the moderating effects of neighborhood disadvantage on the long-term relationship between adolescent negative self-feelings and adult deviance. The results from longitudinal data support the middle class measuring rod theory: adolescent negative self-feelings increase adult deviance only in middle status neighborhoods and not in the most disadvantaged neighborhoods. Furthermore, this effect in middle status neighborhoods is mediated by low expectations of the future in while still in adolescence. Our findings show the importance of studying the combination of both the social psychological and the contextual influences on deviance.
K1 Expectations of future
K1 Negative self-feelings
K1 Neighborhood disadvantage
K1 General deviance
K1 Transition to adulthood
DO 10.1007/s12103-012-9178-y