本研究以「權力–控制理論」為基礎,檢視台灣階級結構、性別、與青少年偏差行為之關係。台以台灣教育長期追蹤資料庫(TEPS)第一波之11─17歲青少年為樣本,分析結果指出:兩性之間發生偏差行為的比例差異,在各階級間並不是固定的,其比例差異隨著階級背後隱含的權力擁有攀升而漸升,減少而漸減,表示在控制其他變項的情況下,階級確實在某種程度上影響著偏差行為,符合「權力–控制理論」最基本的假設,權力的存在與控制的缺乏形成脫離社會規範的自由,而進而造成偏差行為,因此權力擁有較多階級出身和在家庭內被控制程度較低的男性其偏差行為發生率最高。
This study replicates Hagan 1985’s influential study on the relationship among gender, deviant behavior, and class structure. Using data collected by Taiwan Education Panel Survey of students aged from 11-17 in Taiwan, our analysis shows partial support of Hagan’s power-control theory: when consider together, gender has the most significant effect while neither parents’ socio-economic status nor their class position have any significant effect on child’s misbehavior. But when examines the relationship between gender and deviant behavior from a class structure perspective, the analysis indicates a gradual, if modest, decrease of gender difference on deviant behavior as we move down to power ladder of class structure as predicted by power-control theory.