Calvete Esther
Departamento de Psicología, Universidad de Deusto, Apdo. 1, 48080 Bilbao, Spain.
Span J Psychol. 2007 May;10(1):131-40. doi: 10.1017/s1138741600006399.
This study examined whether justification of violence beliefs and social problem solving mediated between maltreatment experiences and aggressive and delinquent behavior in adolescents. Data were collected on 191 maltreated and 546 nonmaltreated adolescents (ages 14 to 17 years), who completed measures of justification of violence beliefs, social problem-solving dimensions (problem orientation, and impulsivity/carelessness style), and psychological problems. Findings indicated that maltreated adolescents' higher levels of delinquent and aggressive behavior were partially accounted for by justification of violence beliefs, and that their higher levels of depressive symptoms were partially mediated by a more negative orientation to social problem-solving. Comparisons between boys and girls indicated that the model linking maltreatment, cognitive variables, and psychological problems was invariant.
本研究探讨了暴力信念的正当性和社会问题解决能力是否在青少年的虐待经历与攻击性行为和犯罪行为之间起中介作用。收集了191名受虐待青少年和546名未受虐待青少年（年龄在14至17岁之间）的数据，他们完成了暴力信念正当性、社会问题解决维度（问题取向和冲动/粗心风格）以及心理问题的测量。研究结果表明，受虐待青少年较高水平的犯罪和攻击行为部分可由暴力信念的正当性来解释，而他们较高水平的抑郁症状部分是由对社会问题解决的更消极取向所介导的。男孩和女孩之间的比较表明，将虐待、认知变量和心理问题联系起来的模型是不变的。
