An empirical test of general strain theory

R Agnew, HR White - Criminology, 1992 - Wiley Online Library
… to strain theories of delinquency, has not to our knowledge ever been empirically tested (…
The above data provide strong support for it, but our conception of strain is rather different …

Life stress, anger and anxiety, and delinquency: An empirical test of general strain theory

RH Aseltine Jr, S Gore, J Gordon - Journal of health and social behavior, 2000 - JSTOR
general strain theory have not been adequately tested. The present study examines the central
hypotheses in Agnew's general strain theory … ality of general strain theory by drawing on …

A test of general strain theory

LM Broidy - Criminology, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
… Specifically, this paper tests general strain theory by examining relations among strain, anger
… Further, although recent empirical tests suggest that anger intervenes in the relationship …

Life strain, coping, and delinquency in the People's Republic of China: An empirical test of general strain theory from a matching perspective in social support

WN Bao, A Haas, Y Pi - International journal of offender …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
… In this article, we examine an important aspect of Agnew’s general strain theory (GST): The
availability of coping resources may mitigate the impact of strain on delinquency. With self-…

General strain theory and school bullying: An empirical test in South Korea

B Moon, M Morash, JD McCluskey - Crime & Delinquency, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
… examining whether general strain theory can explain school bullying. As the theory suggests,
… However, there is limited evidence of the expected interaction effects between strains and …

Life strain, negative emotions, and delinquency: An empirical test of general strain theory in the People's Republic of China

WN Bao, A Haas, Y Pi - International journal of offender …, 2004 - journals.sagepub.com
… ’s Republic of China, this study tests the central hypotheses concerning the mediating
model in Agnew’s general strain theory. The analyses focus on the intervening mechanisms of …

Causes of school bullying: Empirical test of a general theory of crime, differential association theory, and general strain theory

B Moon, HW Hwang, JD McCluskey - Crime & Delinquency, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
theories with a general scope—a general theory of crime, differential association theory, and
general strain theory (… foundation of general strain theory: Specifying the types of strain most …

The effect of negative emotion on licit and illicit drug use among high school dropouts: An empirical test of general strain theory

LA Drapela - Journal of youth and adolescence, 2006 - Springer
… This study used General Strain Theory to investigate the effects of a specific consequence
of dropping out of high school – negative parental reactions to leaving school – on adolescent …

General strain theory and delinquency: A replication and extension

R Paternoster, P Mazerolle - Journal of research in crime and …, 1994 - journals.sagepub.com
Empirical tests of general strain theory are few to date, and … test of general strain theory
and, with a longitudinal sample of adolescents, find that several dimensions of general strain are …

Alcohol consumption among Turkish adolescents: An empirical test of general strain theory

U Orak, O Solakoglu - Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance …, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
… The current study uses Agnew's general strain theory (GST) framework to explain excessive
alcohol consumption among Turkish youths. The GST framework suggests that certain kinds …