Swisher Raymond R, Roettger Michael E
Department of Sociology, Bowling Green State University, 214 Williams Hall, Bowling Green, OH 43403.
J Res Adolesc. 2012 Dec 1;22(4):597-603. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-7795.2012.00810.x. Epub 2012 Jun 8.
This paper examines associations between biological father's incarceration and internalizing and externalizing outcomes of depression and serious delinquency, across White, Black, and Hispanic subsamples of youth in the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. Among respondents whose father was first incarcerated during childhood or adolescence, father's incarceration is found to be associated with increased depression and delinquency. On the whole, results indicate that associations between father's incarceration and depression and delinquency do not vary by race and ethnicity or gender. One exception is among Hispanic respondents, for whom having a biological father incarcerated is associated with an even higher propensity of delinquency than among White and Black respondents with incarcerated fathers.
本文通过对全国青少年健康纵向研究中白人、黑人及西班牙裔青少年子样本进行分析,探讨亲生父亲入狱与青少年抑郁及严重犯罪的内化和外化结果之间的关联。在那些父亲在童年或青少年时期首次入狱的受访者中,发现父亲入狱与抑郁及犯罪行为增加有关。总体而言,结果表明父亲入狱与抑郁及犯罪之间的关联不因种族、民族或性别而有所不同。一个例外是西班牙裔受访者,与父亲入狱的白人和黑人受访者相比,其亲生父亲入狱与更高的犯罪倾向相关。