Theoretically informed models are estimated that specify individual- level effects of relative deprivation (using diverse comparison groups), mediated by negative self-feelings, on different modes of deviant adaptations. The models are estimated by using multivariate logistic regression techniques on survey data (N = 6,074). In general, the results are consistent with the hypothesis that perceived economic deprivation relative to friends, neighbors, and the nation induces negative self-feelings, which, in turn, motivate adoption of deviant patterns that variously take the form of property crimes, violence, and drug use.
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Stiles, B. L., Liu, X., & Kaplan, H. B. (2000). Relative deprivation and deviant adaptations: The mediating effects of negative self-feelings. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 37(1), 64–90. https://doi.org/10.1177/0022427800037001003
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