Sung Joon Jang

Best Publications

• DELINQUENT PEERS, BELIEFS, AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR: A LONGITUDINAL TEST OF INTERACTIONAL THEORY*

  Terence P. Thornberry;Alan J. Lizotte;Marvin D. Krohn;Margaret Farnworth

  1152
  Citations

• Neighborhood disorder, fear, and mistrust : The buffering role of social ties with neighbors

  Catherine E. Ross;Sung Joon Jang

  985
  Citations

• Does Adolescent Religious Commitment Matter? A Reexamination of the Effects of Religiosity on Delinquency

  Byron R. Johnson;Sung Joon Jang;David B. Larson;Spencer De Li

  730
  Citations

• Testing Interactional Theory: An Examination of Reciprocal Causal Relationships among Family, School, and Delinquency

  Terence P. Thornberry;Alan J. Lizotte;Marvin D. Krohn;Margaret Farnworth

  585
  Citations

• Strain, Negative Emotions, and Deviant Coping Among African Americans: A Test of General Strain Theory

  Sung Joon Jang;Byron R. Johnson

  485
  Citations

• NEIGHBORHOOD DISORDER, INDIVIDUAL RELIGIOSITY, AND ADOLESCENT USE OF ILLICIT DRUGS: A TEST OF MULTILEVEL HYPOTHESES*

  Sung Joon Jang;Byron R. Johnson

  320
  Citations

• Gender Differences in Strain, Negative Emotions, and Coping Behaviors: A General Strain Theory Approach

  Sung Joon Jang

  312
  Citations

• A Test of Reciprocal Causal Relationships among Parental Supervision, Affective Ties, and Delinquency

  Sung Joon Jang;Carolyn A. Smith

  309
  Citations

• Escaping from the crime of inner cities: Church attendance and religious salience among disadvantaged youth

  Byron R. Johnson;David B. Larson;Spencer De Li;Sung Joon Jang

  281
  Citations

• The 'invisible institution' and Black youth crime: The church as an agency of local social control.

  Byron R. Johnson;Sung Joon Jang;Spencer De Li;David Larson

  244
  Citations

• Gender, Religiosity, and Reactions to Strain Among African Americans

  Sung Joon Jang;Byron R. Johnson

  241
  Citations

• AGE-VARYING EFFECTS OF FAMILY, SCHOOL, AND PEERS ON DELINQUENCY: A MULTILEVEL MODELING TEST OF INTERACTIONAL THEORY*

  Sung Joon Jang

  228
  Citations

• Self-esteem, delinquent peers, and delinquency : A test of the self-enhancement thesis*

  Sung Joon Jang;Terence P. Thornberry

  210
  Citations

• Explaining Religious Effects on Distress Among African Americans

  Sung Joon Jang;Byron R. Johnson

  204
  Citations

• The Role of Hopelessness and Social Desirability in Predicting Suicidal Behavior: A Study of Prison Inmates

  Andre Ivanoff;Sung Joon Jang

  154
  Citations

• Fewer reasons for staying alive when you are thinking of killing yourself: The brief reasons for living inventory

  André Ivanoff;Sung Joon Jang;Nancy J. Smyth;Marsha M. Linehan

  152
  Citations

• Religion, Delinquency, and Drug Use: A Meta-Analysis

  P. Elizabeth Kelly;Joshua R. Polanin;Sung Joon Jang;Byron R. Johnson

  150
  Citations

• The measurement of family process variables: The effect of adolescent and parent perceptions of family life on delinquent behavior

  Marvin D. Krohn;Susan B. Stern;Terence P. Thornberry;Sung Joon Jang

  142
  Citations

• Crime and Religion: Assessing the Role of the Faith Factor

  Byron Johnson;Sung Joon Jang

  135
  Citations

• General strain and non-strain theories: A study of crime in emerging adulthood

  Sung Joon Jang;Jeremy R. Rhodes

  106
  Citations