Life Strain, Negative Emotions, and Delinquency: An Empirical Test of General Strain Theory in the People's Republic of China

International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 281-297

  Bao, Wan Ning ^a   Haas, Ain ^a   Pi, Yijun ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese adolescents; Delinquency; Strain theory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL CONTROL; SOCIAL LEARNING; STUDENT; VIOLENCE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AFFECT; CHINA; CRIME; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUVENILE DELINQUENCY; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 2442593738     PISSN: 0306624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0306624X03258686     Document Type: Article

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