Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80302, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2009 Mar;38(3):312-22. doi: 10.1007/s10964-008-9337-0. Epub 2008 Sep 30.
We examine the extent to which parental antisocial behavior is related to child antisocial behavior and, if it is, the extent to which the effect is mediated by parental stressors and by parenting behaviors. In particular, we examine two sources of stress-depressive symptoms and exposure to negative life events. The study is based on data from the Rochester Intergenerational Study, a prospective multi-generation panel study. The parent sample is 73% male and 27% female and predominantly African American (69%); the child sample consists of each parent's oldest biological child. We find significant levels of intergenerational continuity in antisocial behavior for mothers and for fathers who live with or supervise their child, but not for fathers who have low levels of contact with their child. Results of structural equation models of mediating pathways are similar for mothers and for supervisory fathers. Of the two stressors we examine, depressive symptoms appears to be the more consistent mediator. It, both directly and indirectly via its impact on parenting behaviors, influences the child's early onset of antisocial behavior. The results imply that childhood antisocial behavior has deep roots, extending back to the parent's adolescent development.
我们研究了父母的反社会行为在多大程度上与儿童的反社会行为有关，如果有关系，这种影响在多大程度上是由父母的压力源和育儿行为中介的。特别是，我们研究了两种压力源——抑郁症状和负面生活事件的暴露。这项研究基于罗切斯特代际研究的数据，这是一项前瞻性的多代小组研究。父母样本中 73%是男性，27%是女性，主要是非洲裔美国人（69%）；儿童样本由每个父母的最大的亲生子女组成。我们发现，母亲和与孩子生活在一起或监督孩子的父亲的反社会行为存在显著的代际连续性，但与孩子接触较少的父亲则没有。中介途径的结构方程模型的结果对于母亲和监督父亲来说是相似的。在我们研究的两个压力源中，抑郁症状似乎是更一致的中介因素。它通过直接和间接的方式影响育儿行为，影响儿童早期出现反社会行为。研究结果表明，儿童的反社会行为有着深远的根源，可以追溯到父母的青少年发展时期。
