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

Journal of Health and Social Behavior

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 256-275

  Aseltine Jr , Robert H ^a,c   Gore, Susan ^b,d   Gordon, Jennifer ^b,e  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CANNABIS SMOKING; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGER; ANXIETY; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HOSTILITY; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MARIJUANA SMOKING; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034265532     PISSN: 00221465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2676320     Document Type: Article

References (78)

1. Agnew, Robert. 1985. "A Revised Strain Theory of Delinquency." Social Forces 64:151-67.
2. Agnew, Robert. 1989. "A Longitudinal Test of Revised Strain Theory." Journal of Quantitative Criminology 5:373-87.
3. Agnew, Robert. 1992. "Foundation for a General Strain Theory of Crime and Delinquency." Criminology 30:47-87.
4. Agnew, Robert. 1995a. "Testing the Leading Crime Theories: An Alternative Strategy Focusing on Motivational Process." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 32:363-98.
5. _. 1995b. "The Contribution of Social Psychological Strain Theory to the Explanation of Crime and Delinquency." Pp. 113-37 in The Legacy of Anomie Theory, edited by Freda Adler and William Laufer. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
6. Agnew, Robert. 1997. "Stability and Change in Crime over the Life Course: A Strain Theory Explanation." Pp. 101-32 in Developmental Theories of Crime and Delinquency, vol. 7, edited by T. P. Thornberry. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
7. Agnew, Robert, Francis T. Cullen, Velmer S. Burton Jr., T. David Evans, and R. Gregory Dunaway. 1996. "A New Test of Classic Strain Theory." Justice Quarterly 13:681-704.
8. Agnew, Robert and H. R. White. 1992. "An Empirical Test of General Strain Theory." Criminology 30:475-99.
9. Akers, Ronald L., Marvin D. Krohn, Lonn Lanza-Kaduce, and Marcia Radosevich. 1979. "Social Learning and Deviant Behavior: A Specific Test of a General Theory." American Sociological Review 44:636-55.
10. Aldwin, Carolyn M. 1994. Stress, Coping, and Development: An Integrative Perspective. New York: Guilford Press.
11. Aneshensel, Carol S., Carolyn M. Rutter, and Peter A. Lachenbruch. 1991. "Social Structure, Stress, and Mental Health." American Sociological Review 56:166-78.
12. Aseltine, Robert H., Jr. 1995. "A Reconsideration of Parental and Peer Influences on Adolescent Deviance." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36:103-21.
13. Aseltine, Robert H., Jr. 1996. "Pathways Linking Parental Divorce With Adolescent Depression." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 37:133-48.
14. Aseltine, Robert H., Jr. and Susan Gore. 1993. "Mental Health and Social Adaptation Following the Transition from High School." Journal of Research on Adolescence 3:247-70.
15. Aseltine, Robert H., Jr., Susan Gore, and Mary Ellen Colten. 1998. "The Co-Occurrence of Depression and Substance Abuse in Late Adolescence." Development and Psychopathology 10:549-70.
16. Aseltine, Robert H. and Ronald C. Kessler. 1993. "Marital Disruption and Depression in a Community Sample." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 34:237-51.
17. Bachman, Jerome D., Lloyd D. Johnston, and Patrick O'Malley. 1987. Monitoring the Future. Ann Arbor, MI: Institute for Social Research.
18. Brezina, Timothy. 1998. "Adolescent Maltreatment and Delinquency: The Question of Intervening Processes." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 35:71-99.
19. Broidy, Lisa and Robert Agnew. 1997. "Gender and Crime: A General Strain Theory Perspective." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 34:275-306.
20. Browne, M. W. and R. Cudeck. 1993. "Alternative Ways of Assessing Model Fit." Pp. 136-62 in Testing Structural Equation Models, edited by K. A. Bollen and J. S. Long. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
21. Cloward, Richard and Lloyd E. Ohlin. 1960. Delinquency and Opportunity. New York: The Free Press.
22. Coddington, R. Dean. 1972. "The Significance of Life Events as Etiologic Factors in the Diseases of Children: II. A Study of a Normal Population." Journal of Psychosomatic Research 1b:205-13.
23. Cohen, Albert. 1955. Delinquent Boys. New York: Free Press.
24. Cohen, P., J. S. Brook, J. Cohen, C. N. Velez, and M. Garcia. 1990. "Common and Uncommon Pathways to Adolescent Psychopathology and Problem Behavior." Pp. 242-58 in Straight and Devious Pathways from Childhood to Adulthood, edited by L. N. Robins and M. Rutter. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
25. Compas, Bruce E., Glen E. Davis, and Carolyn J. Forsythe. 1985. "Characteristics of Life Events During Adolescence." American Journal of Community Psychology 13:677-91.
26. Compas, Bruce E., Vanessa L. Malcarne, and Karen M. Fondacaro. 1988. "Coping with Stressful Events in Older Children and Young Adolescents." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 56:405-11.
27. Depue, R. A. and S. M. Monroe. 1986. "Conceptualization and Measurement of Human Disorder in Life Stress Research: The Problem of Chronic Disturbance." Psychological Bulletin 99:36-51.
28. Derogatis, Leonard R. 1977. SCL 90: Administration, Scoring, and Procedures Manual for the Revised Version. Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University.
29. Dubnoff, Steven. 1985. "How Much Income is Enough? Measuring Public Judgements." Public Opinion Quarterly 19:285-89.
30. Ebata, Aaron T. and Rudolf H. Moos. 1991. "Coping and Adjustment in Distressed and Healthy Adolescents." Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 12:33-54.
31. Ebata, Aaron T. and Rudolf H. Moos. 1994. "Personal, Situational, and Contextual Correlates of Coping in Adolescence." Journal of Research on Adolescence 4:99-125.
32. Elliott, Delbert S. 1994. "Serious Violent Offenders: Onset, Developmental Course, and Termination - the American Society of Criminology 1993 Presidential Address." Criminology 32:1-21.
33. Elliott, Delbert S. and Harwin L. Voss. 1974. Delinquency and Dropout. Lexington, MA: Lexington Books, D.C. Heath and Company.
34. Elliott, Delbert S., David Huizinga, and Suzanne S. Ageton. 1985. Explaining Delinquency and Drug Use. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
35. Elliott, Delbert S., David Huizinga, and Scott Menard. 1989. Multiple Problem Youth. New York: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
36. Farnworth, Margaret, and Michael J. Leiber. 1989. "Strain Theory Revisited: Economic Goals, Educational Means, and Delinquency." American Sociological Review 54:263-74.
37. Farrington, David P. 1986. "Age and Crime." Pp. 189-250 in Crime and Justice: An Annual Review of Research, edited by M. Tonry and N. Morris. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.
38. Gore, Susan and Robert H. Aseltine, Jr. 1995. "Protective Processes in Adolescence: Matching Stressors with Social Resources." American Journal of Community Psychology 23:301-27.
39. Gottfredson, Michael R. and Travis Hirschi. 1990. "The Nature of Criminality: Low Self-control." Pp. 85-120 in A General Theory of Crime, edited by Michael R. Gottfredson, Travis Hirschi, and Michael R. Gottfredson. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
40. Greenberg, David F. 1981. "Delinquency and the Age Structure of Society." Pp. 118-39 in Crime and Capitalism: Readings in Marxist Criminology, edited by D. F. Greenberg. Palo Alto, CA: Mayfield.
41. Greenberg, David F. 1985. "Age, Crime, and Social Explanation." American Journal of Sociology 91:1-21.
42. Grogger, Jeff. 1998. "Market Wages and Youth Crime. "Journal of Labor Economics, 6:756-91.
43. Harnish, Jennifer D., Robert H. Aseltine, Jr., and Susan Gore. 2000. "Resolution of Stressful Experiences as an Indicator of Coping Effectiveness in Young Adults: An Event History Analysis." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 41:121-36.
44. Hirschi, Travis. 1969. Causes of Delinquency. Los Angeles, CA: University of California Press.
45. Hoffman, John P. and Timothy Ireland. 1995. "Cloward and Ohlin's Strain Theory Reexamined: An Elaborated Theorectical Model." Pp. 247-70 in The Legacy of Anomie Theory, edited by Freda Adler and William S. Laufer. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
46. Hoffman, John P. and Alan S. Miller. Forthcoming. "A Latent Variable Analysis of General Strain Theory." Journal of Quantitative Criminology.
47. Hoffmann, John P. and Susan S. Su. 1997. "The Conditional Effects of Stress on Delinquency and Drug Use: A Strain Theory Assessment of Sex Differences." Journal of Research in Crime 34:46-78.
48. _. 1998. "Stressful Life Events and Adolescent Substance Use and Depression: Conditional and Gender Differentiated Effects." Substance Use and Misuse 33:2219-62.
49. Holahan, Charles J. and Rudolf H. Moos. 1991. "Life Stressors, Personal and Social Resources, and Depression: A 4-Year Structural Model." Journal of Abnormal Psychology 100:31-8.
50. Jensen, Gary F. 1995. "Salvaging Structure through Strain: A Theorectical and Empirical Critique." Pp. 139-58 in The Legacy of Anomie Theory, edited by Freda Adler and William S. Laufer. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
51. Jessor, Richard, John E. Donovan, and Frances M. Costa. 1991. Beyond Adolescence: Problem Behavior and Young Adult Development. Cambridge, MA: Cambridge University Press.
52. Johnson, James H. and Susan McCutcheon. 1980. "Assessing Life Events in Older Children and Adolescents: Preliminary Findings with the Life Events Checklist." Pp. 111-25 in Stress and Anxiety, edited by I. G. Sarason and C. C. Spielberger. Washington, DC: Hemisphere.
53. Johnston, L. D., P. M. O'Malley, and J. G. Bachman. 1997. Drug Use among American High School Seniors, College Students and Young Adults, 1975-1995, Vol. 1, Secondary School Students and Vol. 2, College Students and Young Adults. Rockville, MD: National Institute on Drug Abuse.
54. Joreskog, Karl and Dag Sorbom. 1993. LISREL 8: Structural Equation Modeling with SIMPLIS Command Language. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers.
55. Kaplan, Howard B., Steven S. Martin, and Cynthia Robbins. 1984. "Pathways to Adolescent Drug Use: Self-derogation, Peer Influence, Weakening of Social Controls, and Early Substance Abuse." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 25:270-89.
56. Kessler, Ronald C. and David F. Greenberg. 1983. Linear Panel Analysis: Models of Quantitative Change. New York: Academic Press.
57. Lazarus, Richard S. and Susan Folkman. 1984. Stress, Appraisal, and Coping. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
58. Long, Scott J. 1983. Covariance Structure Models: An Introduction to LISREL. Beverly Hills, CA: Sage Publications.
59. Mattlin, Jay A., Elaine Wethington, and Ronald C. Kessler. 1990. "Situational Determinants of Coping and Coping Effectiveness." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 31:103-22.
60. Menard, S. 1995. "A Developmental Test of Mertonian Anomie Theory." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 32:136-74.
61. Merton, Robert K. 1938. "Social Structure and Anomie." American Sociological Review 3:672-82.
62. Merton, Robert K. 1968. "Anomie, Anomia, and Social Interaction: Contexts of Deviant Behavior." Pp. 213-42 in Anomie and Deviant Behavior, edited by M. Clinard. New York: The Free Press.
63. Merton, Robert K. 1995. "Opportunity Structure: The Emergence, Diffusion, and Differentiation of a Sociological Concept, 1930s-1950s." Pp. 3-80 in The Legacy of Anomie Theory, edited by Freda Adler and William S. Laufer. New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction Publishers.
64. Monroe, Scott M. and Anne D. Simons. 1991. "Diathesis-stress in the Context of Life Stress Research: Implications for the Depressive Disorders." Psychological Bulletin 110:406-25.
65. Newcomb, Michael D., George J. Huba, and Peter M. Bentler. 1981. "A Multi-dimensional Assessment of Stressful Life Events among Adolescents: Deviations and Correlates." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 22:400-15.
66. Paternoster, Raymond. 1988. "Examining Three-Wave Deterrence Models: A Question of Temporal Order and Specification." The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 79:135-53.
67. Paternoster, Raymond and Paul Mazerolle. 1994. "General Strain Theory and Delinquency: A Replication and Extension." Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency 31:235-63.
68. Pearlin, Leonard I., Morton A. Lieberman, Elizabeth G. Menaghan, and Joseph T. Mullan. 1981. "The Stress Process." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 22:337-56.
69. Procidano, Mary E. and Kenneth Heller. 1983. "Measures of Perceived Social Support from Friends and from Family: Three Validation Studies." American Journal of Community Psychology 11:1-24.
70. Radloff, L. S. 1977. "The CES-D Scale: A Self-Report Depression Scale for Research in the General Population." Applied Psychological Measurement 1:385-401.
71. Rosenberg, Morris. 1965. Society and the Adolescent Self-Image. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press.
72. Steffensmeier, Darrell, Cathy Streifel, and Miles D. Harer. 1987. "Relative Cohort Size and Youth Crime in the United States, 1953-1984." American Sociological Review 52:702-10.
73. Thornberry, Terence, Alan J. Lizotte, Marvin D. Krohn, Margaret Farnworth, and Sung Joon Jang, 1991. "Testing Interactional Theory: An Examination of Reciprocal Causal Relationships among Family, School, and Delinquency." The Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 82:3-35.
74. Thornberry, Terence, Alan J. Lizotte, Marvin D. Krohn, Margaret Farnworth, and Sung Joon Jang, 1994. "Delinquent Peers, Beliefs, and Delinquent Behavior: A Longitudinal Test of Interactional Theory." Criminology 32:47-83.
75. Turner, Charles F., Judith T. Lessler, and James W. Devore. 1992. "Effects of Mode of Administration and Wording on Reporting of Drug Use." Pp. 177-243 in Survey Measurement of Drug Use, edited by Charles F. Turner, Judith T. Lessler, and Joseph C. Gfroerer. Research Triangle Park, NC: Research Triangle Institute.
76. Warr, Mark and Mark Stafford. 1991. "The Influence of Delinquent Peers: What They Think or What They Do?" Criminology 29:851-65.
77. Wheaton, Blair. 1990. "Life Transitions, Role Histories, and Mental Health." American Sociological Review 55:209-23.
78. Wilson, James and Richard J. Herrnstein. 1985. Crime and Human Nature. New York: Simon and Schuster.