Department of Psychology, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Psychol Serv. 2013 Feb;10(1):1-11. doi: 10.1037/a0028057. Epub 2012 Aug 27.
Juvenile offenders are at risk for involvement in both fighting behavior and peer victimization. Understanding the potential causal mechanisms leading to these outcomes is important to address the needs of this population. The present study tested four mediator models of violent perpetration and peer victimization in a sample of 112 incarcerated youth (68 males and 44 females). In the models, the relationship between child physical and emotional abuse and fighting and victimization was expected to be mediated by impulsiveness, depression, and drug use. Multiple mediator models were tested according to Preacher and Hayes (2008). Depression fully mediated the relation between child emotional abuse and victimization and partially mediated the relation between child physical abuse and victimization. Drug use fully mediated the relation between child emotional abuse and fighting. These results suggest that treatment of depressive symptoms and drug use among juvenile offenders with a history of child physical or emotional abuse may limit violent perpetration and peer victimization in this population.
青少年罪犯有参与打架行为和同伴受害的风险。了解导致这些结果的潜在因果机制对于满足这一人群的需求很重要。本研究在 112 名被监禁的青少年（68 名男性和 44 名女性）样本中测试了暴力行为和同伴受害的四个中介模型。在这些模型中，预计儿童身体和情感虐待与打架和受害之间的关系将通过冲动、抑郁和药物使用来中介。根据 Preacher 和 Hayes（2008 年）的方法，测试了多个中介模型。抑郁完全中介了儿童情感虐待与受害之间的关系，部分中介了儿童身体虐待与受害之间的关系。药物使用完全中介了儿童情感虐待与打架之间的关系。这些结果表明，治疗有儿童身体或情感虐待史的青少年罪犯的抑郁症状和药物使用可能会限制该人群中的暴力行为和同伴受害。
