Leiden University, Clinical Child and Adolescent Studies, P,O, Box 9555, 2300 RB, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health. 2011 Jun 29;5:23. doi: 10.1186/1753-2000-5-23.
In the Netherlands, youths of Moroccan origin account for a disproportionately large percentage of the population in juvenile justice institutions. Previous research showed that Moroccan adolescents in pre-trial arrest are characterized by less serious offending behavior (i.e., primarily property-based) and lower levels of mental health problems than native Dutch adolescents in pre-trial arrest. To date, little is known about the parent-child relationship of these adolescents. This study examines the mother-son relationships of Moroccan and native Dutch delinquent adolescents and their association with adolescent delinquency.
In the present study, differences in the mother-son relationship characteristics between families of incarcerated (N = 129) and non-incarcerated (N = 324) adolescents were examined, and it was analyzed if these differences between incarcerated and non-incarcerated adolescents were the same for Moroccans and native Dutch. Data collection for the incarcerated sample took place from 2006 to 2008. Comparison data were used of interviews conducted with mothers originating from former larger studies in the general Dutch population. Latent Class Analysis was performed in order to identify types of mother-son relationship. Logistic regression analyses were used to identify the relationships between mother-son relationship types, incarceration and ethnicity.
A three class model of mother-son relationship types was found: a low-conflict mother-son relationship type, a high-conflict mother-son relationship type, and a neglectful mother-son relationship type. Compared to the native Dutch adolescents, Moroccans (both in the incarcerated and non-incarcerated population) more often showed a neglectful mother-son relationship type. For Moroccans, no differences in mother-son relationship types were found between the incarcerated and non-incarcerated adolescents, whereas considerable differences occurred between the native Dutch incarcerated and non-incarcerated adolescents.
Our findings indicate that mother-son relationship types of incarcerated Moroccan adolescents and non-incarcerated Moroccan adolescents are rather comparable. These findings are in line with previous studies which revealed the less problematic profile of Moroccan adolescents in pre-trial arrest in the Netherlands compared to native Dutch adolescents in pre-trial arrest.
在荷兰，原籍摩洛哥的青少年在少年司法机构中的比例过高。先前的研究表明，与审前被捕的荷兰本土青少年相比，审前被捕的摩洛哥青少年的犯罪行为（主要是财产犯罪）不那么严重，心理健康问题也较少。迄今为止，人们对这些青少年的亲子关系知之甚少。本研究考察了摩洛哥裔和荷兰本土犯罪青少年的母子关系及其与青少年犯罪的关系。
本研究考察了监禁（N=129）和非监禁（N=324）青少年家庭中母子关系特征的差异，并分析了这些监禁和非监禁青少年之间的差异是否在摩洛哥人和荷兰本土人之间相同。对监禁样本的数据收集于 2006 年至 2008 年进行。使用来自以前在荷兰普通人群中进行的较大型研究的母亲访谈比较数据。为了识别母子关系类型，进行了潜在类别分析。使用逻辑回归分析来确定母子关系类型、监禁和种族之间的关系。
发现了三种母子关系类型：低冲突母子关系类型、高冲突母子关系类型和忽视母子关系类型。与荷兰本土青少年相比，摩洛哥人（无论是在监禁还是非监禁人群中）更常表现出忽视母子关系类型。对于摩洛哥人来说，监禁和非监禁青少年之间的母子关系类型没有差异，而荷兰本土监禁和非监禁青少年之间则存在相当大的差异。
我们的研究结果表明，监禁和非监禁摩洛哥青少年的母子关系类型相当相似。这些发现与先前的研究一致，这些研究表明，与审前被捕的荷兰本土青少年相比，荷兰审前被捕的摩洛哥青少年的问题行为较少。
