Research Institute Child Development and Education, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
J Abnorm Child Psychol. 2012 Jul;40(5):771-85. doi: 10.1007/s10802-011-9608-1.
To investigate the link between attachment to parents and delinquency, and the potential moderating effects of age and sex, 74 published and unpublished manuscripts (N = 55,537 participants) were subjected to a multilevel meta-analysis. A mean small to moderate effect size was found (r = 0.18). Poor attachment to parents was significantly linked to delinquency in boys and girls. Stronger effect sizes were found for attachment to mothers than attachment to fathers. In addition, stronger effect sizes were found if the child and the parent had the same sex compared to cross-sex pairs of children and parents. Age of the participants moderated the link between attachment and delinquency: larger effect sizes were found in younger than in older participants. It can be concluded that attachment is associated with juvenile delinquency. Attachment could therefore be a target for intervention to reduce or prevent future delinquent behavior in juveniles.
为了探究父母依恋与青少年犯罪之间的联系,以及年龄和性别可能的调节作用,对 74 篇已发表和未发表的文献(N=55537 名参与者)进行了多层次元分析。结果发现,中等程度的小效应量(r=0.18)。父母依恋不良与男孩和女孩的犯罪行为显著相关。与父亲相比,与母亲的依恋与犯罪行为的关系更强。此外,如果孩子和父母的性别相同,则与跨性别对子相比,其效应量更大。参与者的年龄调节了依恋与犯罪之间的联系:在年龄较小的参与者中,效应量更大。可以得出结论,依恋与青少年犯罪有关。因此,依恋可能是干预的目标,以减少或预防青少年未来的犯罪行为。