Department of Psychology, Wichita State University, 428 Jabara Hall, Wichita, KS 67260, USA.
J Fam Psychol. 2012 Aug;26(4):576-84. doi: 10.1037/a0028785. Epub 2012 Jun 18.
The current study examines the role of economic strain as a moderator of the microsocial processes influencing younger siblings' delinquency (externalizing behavior and substance use) in a longitudinal design. The younger siblings (122 younger brothers and 122 younger sisters) were from 244 families with same-sex biological siblings. Structural equation modeling was utilized to examine a process model whereby mothers' harsh/inconsistent parenting and older sibling delinquency influence younger siblings' delinquent behavior via sibling aggression and delinquent peer affiliation. Findings suggest that indirect mechanisms vary as a function of economic strain, with sibling aggression having a stronger, more detrimental effect on adolescent delinquency in economically strained families. Data suggest that familial economic conditions contextualize the relative roles of parenting, sibling, and peer processes in the transmission of risk to adolescent delinquency.
本研究采用纵向设计，考察了经济压力在影响未成年兄弟姐妹（外化行为和物质使用）的微观社会过程中的调节作用。这些未成年兄弟姐妹（122 个弟弟和 122 个妹妹）来自 244 个具有同性别亲生兄弟姐妹的家庭。结构方程模型被用于检验一个过程模型，即母亲的严厉/不一致的教养方式和哥哥/姐姐的犯罪行为通过兄弟姐妹之间的攻击和犯罪同伴关系来影响弟弟/妹妹的犯罪行为。研究结果表明，间接机制因经济压力而异，在经济压力大的家庭中，兄弟姐妹之间的攻击对青少年犯罪行为的影响更强，更具危害性。数据表明，家庭经济状况使教养、兄弟姐妹和同伴关系在向青少年犯罪传递风险方面的相对作用具有情境性。
