Cotter Katie L, Smokowski Paul R
School of Social Work, Arizona State University, 340 N Commerce Park Loop, Suite 250 Tortolita Building, Tucson, AZ, 85745, USA.
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2016 Mar;45(3):520-31. doi: 10.1007/s10964-015-0382-1. Epub 2015 Oct 30.
Little research has examined the way in which perceptions of peer behavior (i.e., descriptive norms) influence externalizing behavior among rural adolescents. Using a social norms framework, the current study examined gender differences in the relationship between perceived delinquency among friends and externalizing behavior in a sample of rural adolescents. Based on previous research, the authors proposed that adolescents experience negative emotional responses when they believe that their peers are engaging in delinquency, which subsequently influences externalizing behavior. Consequently, internalizing symptoms were explored as a mediator of the relationship between perceived friend delinquency and externalizing behavior. Data came from the NC-ACE Rural Adaptation Project, a longitudinal panel study of adolescents in two rural, economically disadvantaged counties with exceptional racial/ethnic diversity (29 % White, 25 % African American, 25 % American Indian, 12 % Mixed Race/Other, 9 % Hispanic/Latino). Using multiple group structural equation modeling (N = 3489; 51 % female), results indicated that perceived friend delinquency was significantly related to externalizing behavior and this relationship did not vary by gender. Internalizing symptoms fully mediated the relationship between perceived friend delinquency and externalizing behavior and the path between perceived friend delinquency and internalizing symptoms was stronger for males. Implications of these relationships for prevention and intervention programming for externalizing behavior were highlighted.
很少有研究考察同伴行为认知（即描述性规范）对农村青少年外化行为的影响方式。本研究采用社会规范框架，在农村青少年样本中考察了朋友间感知到的犯罪行为与外化行为之间关系的性别差异。基于先前的研究，作者提出，当青少年认为其同伴参与犯罪时，他们会产生负面情绪反应，进而影响外化行为。因此，内化症状被作为感知到的朋友犯罪行为与外化行为之间关系的中介进行了探究。数据来自北卡罗来纳州青少年适应农村项目，这是一项对两个农村、经济弱势且种族/民族多样性显著的县的青少年进行的纵向面板研究（29%为白人，25%为非裔美国人，25%为美洲印第安人，12%为混血/其他，9%为西班牙裔/拉丁裔）。使用多组结构方程模型（N = 3489；51%为女性），结果表明，感知到的朋友犯罪行为与外化行为显著相关，且这种关系不存在性别差异。内化症状完全中介了感知到的朋友犯罪行为与外化行为之间的关系，并且感知到的朋友犯罪行为与内化症状之间的路径对男性更强。文中强调了这些关系对外化行为预防和干预项目的意义。
