A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Relationship Between Poverty and Antisocial Behavior: Focusing on Psychosocial Mediating Mechanisms

Springer Science and Business Media LLC - Tập 24 - Trang 375-400 - 2004
Ick-Joong Chung1,2
1Department of Social Welfare, Duksung Women's University, Seoul, Korea
2Social Development Research Group, School of Social Work, University of Washington, Seattle

Tóm tắt

This paper presents a framework that integrates and extends the literature on psychosocial mechanisms mediating poverty and the development of antisocial behavior. It provides a model to explain why some poor children outgrow early antisocial behavior, while others from the same environment adopt increasingly severe antisocial behaviors. The ability to differentiate these effects of poverty on antisocial or prosocial behavior provides theoretical guidelines for preventive intervention.

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