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

• Project/Area Number: 23730594
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Social psychology
• Research Institution: Kinki University
• Principal Investigator: NAKAGAWA Tomohiro 近畿大学, 社会学部, 講師 (80438556)
• Project Period (FY): 2011 – 2013
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2013)
• Budget Amount: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000); Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
• Keywords: 非行集団 / 集団同一化 / 集団差別 / 集団報酬 / 差別 / 集団境界透過性

Research Abstract

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.