Zhang Jinwu, Liu Jianhong, Wang Xin, Zou Anquan
1 Foshan University, Guangdong, China.
2 University of Macau, Taipa, China.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 Jun;62(8):2447-2460. doi: 10.1177/0306624X17720182. Epub 2017 Aug 3.
General Strain Theory delineates different types of strain and intervening processes from strain to deviance and crime. In addition to explaining individual strain-crime relationship, a contextualized version of general strain theory, which is called the Macro General Strain Theory, has been used to analyze how aggregate variables influence aggregate and individual deviance and crime. Using a sample of 1,852 students (Level 1) nested in 52 schools (Level 2), the current study tests the Macro General Strain Theory using Chinese data. The results revealed that aggregate life stress and strain have influences on aggregate and individual deviance, and reinforce the individual stress-deviance association. The current study contributes by providing the first Macro General Strain Theory test based on Chinese data and offering empirical evidence for the multilevel intervening processes from strain to deviance. Limitations and future research directions are discussed.
一般紧张理论阐述了不同类型的紧张以及从紧张到偏差行为和犯罪的中间过程。除了解释个体的紧张与犯罪关系外，一般紧张理论的一个情境化版本，即宏观一般紧张理论，已被用于分析总体变量如何影响总体和个体的偏差行为及犯罪。本研究以1852名学生（第一层次）嵌套于52所学校（第二层次）为样本，运用中国数据对宏观一般紧张理论进行检验。结果显示，总体生活压力和紧张对总体及个体偏差行为有影响，并强化了个体压力与偏差行为之间的关联。本研究的贡献在于提供了基于中国数据的首次宏观一般紧张理论检验，并为从紧张到偏差行为的多层次中间过程提供了实证证据。同时讨论了研究的局限性和未来的研究方向。
