Sankey M, Huon G F
School of Psychology, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.
J Adolesc. 1999 Feb;22(1):95-107. doi: 10.1006/jado.1998.0203.
Research findings indicate that there are multiple causal pathways to delinquency. A multicomponent model of delinquency was developed to explore systematically the interrelationships of psychosocial variables and their relationships to delinquent behaviour. Most importantly, alienation was tested for its ability to act as a core mediating predictor variable. One hundred and fifty-two adolescents, 78 females and 74 males, completed a battery of questionnaires designed to assess each of the variables in the proposed model. Several salient pathways to delinquency were identified. They include environmental and person-centred factors. Alienation, when operationalized as a general construct, was not found to be a necessary mediating predictor variable. "Societal" alienation, on the other hand, was shown to have important explanatory power. Re-examining the model within a large-scale, time-extended study could inform programmes for the prevention and early intervention of delinquent behaviour.
研究结果表明，犯罪行为存在多种因果路径。一个多成分犯罪模型被开发出来，以系统地探究心理社会变量之间的相互关系及其与犯罪行为的关系。最重要的是，对疏离感作为核心中介预测变量的能力进行了测试。152名青少年，78名女性和74名男性，完成了一系列旨在评估所提出模型中每个变量的问卷。确定了几条显著的犯罪路径。它们包括环境因素和以人为中心的因素。当疏离感作为一个一般结构来操作时，并未发现它是一个必要的中介预测变量。另一方面，“社会”疏离感显示出具有重要的解释力。在大规模、长期的研究中重新审视该模型可为预防和早期干预犯罪行为的项目提供参考。
