Relative Deprivation and Adolescent Outcomes in Iceland: A Multilevel Test
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 likelih...
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fthighwire:oai:open-archive.highwire.org:sf:87/3/1223 2023-05-15T16:47:07+02:00 Relative Deprivation and Adolescent Outcomes in Iceland: A Multilevel Test Bernburg, Jón Gunnar Thorlindsson, Thorolfur Sigfusdottir, Inga Dora 2009-03-01 00:00:00.0 text/html http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/87/3/1223 https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.0.0177 en eng Oxford University Press http://sf.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/short/87/3/1223 http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/sof.0.0177 Copyright (C) 2009, Oxford University Press Growing up in Context TEXT 2009 fthighwire https://doi.org/10.1353/sof.0.0177 2011-09-11T20:37:35Z 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. Text Iceland HighWire Press (Stanford University) Social Forces 87 3 1223 1250 |
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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. |
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Relative Deprivation and Adolescent Outcomes in Iceland: A Multilevel Test |
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Relative Deprivation and Adolescent Outcomes in Iceland: A Multilevel Test |
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