Why do certain youths join a delinquent group? An integrative perspective

本研究假设群体认同在群体奖励、群体歧视与自尊、不确定感之间起中介作用。参与者是137名高中生，他们在过去一年中犯过一次或多次越轨行为。结果表明，群体歧视可能会降低自尊，并直接增加不确定性，而群体奖励可能会增加自尊，并直接降低不确定性。然而，我们没有发现假设的间接影响。这些结果并不支持这一假设。

This study hypothesized that group identification would mediate the relationship between group rewards, group discrimination and self-esteem, uncertainty. Participants were 137 high school students who committed deviant behaviors one or more times in the past year. Results showed that group discrimination were likely to decrease self-esteem and increase uncertainty directly, while group rewards are likely to increase self-esteem and decrease uncertainty directly. However, we did not found the hypothesized indirect effect. These results did not support the hypothesis.