Gender,General Strain Theory,Negative Emotions,and Disordered Eating |
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Authors: | Nicole Leeper Piquero Kristan Fox Alex R Piquero George Capowich Paul Mazerolle |
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Institution: | (1) College of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Florida State University, 634 W. Call Street, Tallahassee, Florida 32306-1127, USA;(2) Wilder School of Government and Public Affairs, Virginia Commonwealth University, 923 West Franklin Street, PO Box 842028, Richmond, VA 23284-2028, USA;(3) Academic Affairs, Loyola University New Orleans, MA 301, PO Box 0921, New Orleans, LA 70118, USA;(4) Key Centre for Ethics, Law, Justice and Governance, Griffith University, Brisbane, QLD, 4111, Australia |
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Abstract: | Much of the prior work on General Strain Theory (GST) has focused on how strain and negative emotions interrelate to produce
criminal—especially violent—activity. Very little research has extended GST to examine other types of non-criminal, negative
behavior, such as self-harming behaviors associated with disordered eating, a traditionally female-specific self-directed
outcome. Using a sample of 338 young adults (54% female, 95% white), this article applies GST to disordered eating by examining
how strain and negative emotions relate to this particular outcome across gender. Findings indicate that two types of strain
measures predict depressive symptoms among males and females, that inequitable strainful experiences relate to disordered
eating among females but not males, that depressive symptoms but not anger increase disordered eating for both males and females,
and that membership in Greek organizations (sororities or fraternities) is associated with disordered eating but only for
males. Implications for theory and directions for future research are highlighted. |
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