Contextual Effects between the Urban-Rural Differences and Social Relationships on Junior High School Students’ Delinquency

• Main Authors: Chun-LiangLin, 林俊良
• Other Authors: Yuk-Ying Tung
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/67199700725978440698

碩士 === 國立成功大學 === 教育研究所 === 98 === This study focused on the contextual effects of urban-rural areas on the relationships between social relationships and junior high school students’ delinquency based on the viewpoints of social control theory, self-control theory, strain theory and social learning theories. The purposes of this study were to investigate: (a) the relationships between social relationships and delinquency; (b) the contextual effects of urban-rural areas on the relationships between social relationships and delinquency. The data of this study were from Taiwan Youth Project (TYP) collected by Academic Sinica in 2000. The sample consisted of 2,664 junior high school students. The technique of hierarchical linear modeling was used to test the research hypothesis. The major findings were as followings: (a) there was a significant difference on junior high school students’ delinquency with regard to urban-rural differences. Parent attachment, school attachment, teacher-student relationship, peer attachment and association with delinquent peers validly explained the differences of junior high school students’ delinquency; (b) there was a contextual effect of urban-rural areas on the relationships between parent attachment and delinquency. However, either social relationships or urban-rural differences could not totally explain the variation of junior high school students’ delinquency with regard to urban-rural differences. Therefore, other variables should be added for further study. Finally, possible explanations for these findings and implications were discussed. Based on the findings, this study also proposed some relevant suggestions that could be a reference to families, schools and researchers.