Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Social and Epidemiological Research, UWO Research Park, 100 Collip Circle, Suite 200, London, ON, Canada N6G 4X8.
J Adolesc. 2012 Aug;35(4):917-27. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.12.012. Epub 2012 Jan 20.
We examined identity development as a moderator of the relation between peer group pressure and control and adolescents' engagement in risk behaviors. Participants (n=1070; M(age)=15.45 years) completed a self-report measure of identity exploration, the degree to which they have explored a variety of self-relevant values, beliefs and goals, and identity commitment, the degree to which they have secured a personal identity. Participants further reported on their frequency of risk behaviors (substance use and general deviancy) and experienced peer group pressure and control. Results confirmed that identity commitment was a buffer of substance use and identity exploration was a buffer of general deviancy in more pressuring peer groups. In more controlling peer groups, teens with greater identity commitment engaged in less risk behavior than teens with low-identity commitment. Thus, identity development may be a suitable target to deter negative effects of peer pressure in high-risk adolescents.
我们研究了身份认同发展作为同伴压力与控制同青少年参与风险行为之间关系的调节因素。参与者（n=1070；M（年龄）=15.45 岁）完成了一份自我报告式的身份探索量表，该量表衡量了他们对各种自我相关的价值观、信念和目标的探索程度，以及身份承诺的程度，即他们确定个人身份的程度。参与者还报告了他们的风险行为（物质使用和一般越轨行为）的频率，以及经历的同伴群体压力和控制。结果证实，在压力更大的同伴群体中，身份承诺是物质使用的缓冲因素，而身份探索是一般越轨行为的缓冲因素。在控制程度更高的同伴群体中，身份承诺程度较高的青少年比身份承诺程度较低的青少年参与的风险行为更少。因此，身份认同发展可能是一个合适的目标，可以阻止高危青少年受到同伴压力的负面影响。
