The Relationships among Strain Factors, Negative Emotion, Locus of Control, and Adolescent Deviance

Autor: Zhen-Yu Sheu, 許甄育
Rok vydání: 2005
Druh dokumentu: 學位論文 ; thesis
Popis: 94
The purposes of this study were to investigate:(a)whether strain factors had influence on adolescent deviance, according to the general strain theory;(b)whether the effect of negative emotion played a mediating role in the relationship between strains factors and delinquency;(c)whether strain factors、negative emotion、locus of control、gender had influence on adolescent deviance.The sample in this study was consisted of 1434 students from eight junior schools in Taiwan. In this study, statistical analyses included descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and structural equation model analysis. The major finding were as followings:(a) negative life events, life hassles, negative relationships with others, and victim experiences had significant direct effects on delinquency;(b)not only strain factors had significant direct effects on negative emotion, but also had indirect effect on delinquency;(c) the more strain events adolescents faced, the higher locus of control they had;(d) locus of control had no direct effect on delinquency;(e) locus of control had significant direct effect on negative emotion;(f) gender had direct effect on negative emotion and delinquency, but it had no direct effect on locus of control. Finally, possible explanations for these findings and implications were discussed. Based on the findings, this study also provided some relevant suggestions that could be a reference to school counselors and researches.
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