Lockhart Ginger, Phillips Samantha, Bolland Anneliese, Delgado Melissa, Tietjen Juliet, Bolland John
Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan UT, USA.
Institute for Social Science Research, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa AL, USA.
Front Psychol. 2017 Jan 24;8:33. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2017.00033. eCollection 2017.
This study examined prospective mediating relations among mother-adolescent attachment security, self-worth, and risk behaviors, including substance use and violence, across ages 13-17 in a sample of 901 low-income African American adolescents. Path analyses revealed that self-worth was a significant mediator between attachment security and risk behaviors, such that earlier attachment security predicted self-worth 1 year later, which in turn, predicted substance use, weapon carrying, and fighting in the 3rd year. Implications for the role of the secure base concept within the context of urban poverty are discussed.
本研究调查了901名低收入非裔美国青少年在13至17岁期间，母亲-青少年依恋安全性、自我价值感和风险行为（包括物质使用和暴力行为）之间的前瞻性中介关系。路径分析表明，自我价值感是依恋安全性和风险行为之间的重要中介，即早期的依恋安全性可预测一年后的自我价值感，而自我价值感又可预测第三年的物质使用、携带武器和打架行为。本文还讨论了安全基地概念在城市贫困背景下的作用。
