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Rural-to-urban migrant adolescents are not a uniformly high-risk group for delinquency and victimization; instead, only a small minority (4%) exhibit high overlap across offline and online contexts, with risk-seeking, revenge tendencies, and information strain driving higher-risk behaviors. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.CONTRADICTORY. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

April 19, 2026International CriminologyOpen Access

Bridging Real and Virtual Worlds: A Latent Class Analysis of Co-Occurring Offline Delinquency, Problematic Online Behaviors, and Victimization Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Adolescents

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XJXinge JiaChinese University of Hong Kong HZHua ZhongAnhui University WYWei YaoUniversity Town of Shenzhen

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Latent class analysis reveals patterns of delinquency and online behaviors in rural-to-urban migrant adolescents, highlighting risk factors and implications for interventions.

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This study aims to identify distinct groups based on patterns of offline delinquency, problematic online behaviors, and victimization among rural-to-urban migrant adolescents.
Analyzed data from 769 rural-to-urban migrant adolescents aged 16 to 19
Utilized latent class analysis to identify groups based on behavior patterns
Conducted multinomial logistic regression to assess the impact of risk factors
Identified three groups: low involvement, problematic online behaviors with low victimization, and high-overlap
Only 4% classified in the high-risk overlap group
Higher levels of information strain, risk-seeking, and revenge tendency increased likelihood of problematic online behaviors and overlap group
Health-related strain was found to reduce likelihood of problematic online behaviors

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Jia et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69e4734c010ef96374d8f13c https://doi.org/10.1007/s43576-026-00218-3

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Latent class analysis reveals patterns of delinquency and online behaviors in rural-to-urban migrant adolescents, highlighting risk factors and implications for interventions.

Bridging Real and Virtual Worlds: A Latent Class Analysis of Co-Occurring Offline Delinquency, Problematic Online Behaviors, and Victimization Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Adolescents

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Bridging Real and Virtual Worlds: A Latent Class Analysis of Co-Occurring Offline Delinquency, Problematic Online Behaviors, and Victimization Among Rural-to-Urban Migrant Adolescents

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