Relative Deprivation and Adolescent Outcomes in Iceland: A Multilevel Test
Relative Deprivation and Adolescent Outcomes in Iceland: A Multilevel Test
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冰岛的相对贫困和青少年结局：多层次测试
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2009
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I. Sigfusdottir
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Jón Gunnar Bernburg;T. Thórlindsson;I. Sigfusdottir
相对剥夺理论强调，社会比较使人们如何体验剥夺。这一理论的一个重要应用认为，源于不利的社会比较的相对剥夺会导致愤怒、不正常和越轨行为的可能性增加。我们在一个新的社会环境中测试这个理论-冰岛。具体来说，我们测试的命题，经济剥夺对个人的结果的影响是视情况而定的人的参照组所享有的生活水平。使用多层次的数据在83所学校社区的5,491冰岛青少年，我们发现一致的支持理论。我们发现，经济剥夺对青少年的愤怒，不正常，犯罪，暴力和主观相对家庭地位的影响是薄弱的，在学校社区的经济剥夺是常见的，而在学校社区的经济剥夺是罕见的效果显着更强。
The theory of relative deprivation emphasizes that social comparisons contextualize how people experience impoverishment. An important application of this theory argues that relative deprivation that stems from unfavorable social comparisons can result in anger, normlessness and an increased likelihood of deviant behavior. We test this theory in a new societal setting – Iceland. Specifically, we test the proposition that the effects of economic deprivation on individual outcomes are contingent on the standard of living enjoyed by the person's reference groups. Using multilevel data on 5,491 Icelandic adolescents in 83 school-communities, we find consistent support for the theory. We show that the effects of economic deprivation on adolescent anger, normlessness, delinquency, violence and subjective relative family status are weak in school-communities where economic deprivation is common, while the effects are significantly stronger in school-communities where economic deprivation is rare.