RT Article
T1 Strain and Deviant Reactions in Compulsory Military Service: An Investigation of Mediating Mechanisms
JF Crime & delinquency
VO 69
IS 4
SP 841
OP 863
A1 Orak, Ugur
A2 Solakoglu, Ozgur
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1839615699
AB Strain is an indivisible part of the military experience. Despite the well-documented association between strain and deviance in civilian settings, however, whether common forms of strain in the military produce deviant reactions among soldiers has yet to be established. In this study, we investigate the associations among various forms of strain and deviant behaviors among military service-members. Additionally, we examine the effects of mediating mechanisms linking strain to deviance through the lens of General Strain Theory (GST). We found that strain factors were all positively associated with each deviant behavior. Among the mediating factors, anger partially mediated the relationships between strain and all three deviant behaviors, while depression partially mediated only the relationship between strain and heavy alcohol use.
K1 Crime
K1 Deviance
K1 General Strain Theory
K1 Military
K1 Negative affect
DO 10.1177/0011128721999337