Mann Frank D, Kretsch Natalie, Tackett Jennifer L, Harden K Paige, Tucker-Drob Elliot M
University of Texas at Austin, Department of Psychology, 108 E. Dean Keeton Stop A8000, Austin, TX 78712.
University of Houston, Department of Psychology, 126 Heyne Bldg, Houston, TX 77204-5022.
Pers Individ Dif. 2015 Apr 1;76:129-134. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2014.11.055.
Sensation seeking is a personality trait that is robustly correlated with delinquent behavior in adolescence. The current study tested specific contextual factors hypothesized to facilitate, exacerbate or attenuate this risk factor for adolescent delinquency. Individual differences in sensation seeking, peer deviance, parental monitoring and self-reported delinquent behavior were assessed in a sample of 470 adolescents. Peer deviance partially mediated the effects of sensation seeking and parental monitoring on adolescent delinquency. We also found evidence for a three-way interaction between sensation seeking, peer deviance and parental monitoring, such that the highest rates of delinquency occurred from the concurrence of high sensation seeking, high peer deviance, and low levels of parental monitoring. Results highlight the importance of considering peer- and family-level processes when evaluating personality risk and problematic adolescent behavior.
寻求刺激是一种人格特质，与青少年的犯罪行为密切相关。本研究测试了特定的情境因素，这些因素被假设为会促进、加剧或减轻青少年犯罪的这一风险因素。在470名青少年样本中，对寻求刺激、同伴偏差、父母监督和自我报告的犯罪行为的个体差异进行了评估。同伴偏差部分介导了寻求刺激和父母监督对青少年犯罪的影响。我们还发现了寻求刺激、同伴偏差和父母监督之间存在三向交互作用的证据，即最高的犯罪率发生在高寻求刺激、高同伴偏差和低父母监督同时出现的情况下。研究结果凸显了在评估人格风险和青少年问题行为时考虑同伴和家庭层面过程的重要性。
