EMPIRICAL RESEARCH A Model of Sexual Abuse’s Effects on Suicidal Behavior and Delinquency: The Role of Emotions as Mediating Factors
Abstract Drawing on Agnew’s general strain theory, we examined whether depressed mood and anger mediated the effects of sexual abuse on suicidal behavior and delin-quency. Participants included 9,113 students attending high schools in Iceland. Structural equation modeling showed that, while controll...
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ftciteseerx:oai:CiteSeerX.psu:10.1.1.512.3704 2023-05-15T16:49:57+02:00 EMPIRICAL RESEARCH A Model of Sexual Abuse’s Effects on Suicidal Behavior and Delinquency: The Role of Emotions as Mediating Factors Gisli H. Gudjonsson Æ Jon Fridrik Sigurdsson The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.512.3704 http://www.ru.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=12116 en eng http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.512.3704 http://www.ru.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=12116 Metadata may be used without restrictions as long as the oai identifier remains attached to it. http://www.ru.is/lisalib/getfile.aspx?itemid=12116 text ftciteseerx 2016-01-08T09:42:36Z Abstract Drawing on Agnew’s general strain theory, we examined whether depressed mood and anger mediated the effects of sexual abuse on suicidal behavior and delin-quency. Participants included 9,113 students attending high schools in Iceland. Structural equation modeling showed that, while controlling for family structure and parental education, being exposed to strain in the form of sexual abuse was positively related to both depressed mood and anger. The effects of sexual abuse on suicidal behavior of both boys and girls were twice as strong through depressed mood as through anger. The effects of sexual abuse on outwardly-directed forms of delinquency for both genders were stronger through anger than through depressed mood. These findings highlight the complex nature of the effects of strain on adolescents ’ emotions and behavior. Moreover, they show that depression—in contrast to outwardly-directed delinquency, where feelings of anger are pre-dominantly influential—is more relevant than anger to suicidal behavior. Text Iceland Unknown |
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Abstract Drawing on Agnew’s general strain theory, we examined whether depressed mood and anger mediated the effects of sexual abuse on suicidal behavior and delin-quency. Participants included 9,113 students attending high schools in Iceland. Structural equation modeling showed that, while controlling for family structure and parental education, being exposed to strain in the form of sexual abuse was positively related to both depressed mood and anger. The effects of sexual abuse on suicidal behavior of both boys and girls were twice as strong through depressed mood as through anger. The effects of sexual abuse on outwardly-directed forms of delinquency for both genders were stronger through anger than through depressed mood. These findings highlight the complex nature of the effects of strain on adolescents ’ emotions and behavior. Moreover, they show that depression—in contrast to outwardly-directed delinquency, where feelings of anger are pre-dominantly influential—is more relevant than anger to suicidal behavior. |
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EMPIRICAL RESEARCH A Model of Sexual Abuse’s Effects on Suicidal Behavior and Delinquency: The Role of Emotions as Mediating Factors |
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