University of Texas, El Paso.
University of California, Irvine.
J Res Adolesc. 2018 Jun;28(2):427-437. doi: 10.1111/jora.12345. Epub 2017 Sep 22.
This study examines whether (1) mothers vary in the way they express hostility toward their delinquent adolescent offspring, (2) different types of maternal hostility differentially affect adolescents' depression and recidivism, and (3) adolescent depression serves as a mechanism through which maternal hostility predicts later reoffending. The sample consists of 1,216 male first-time offenders, aged 13-17 years (M = 15.80, SD = 1.29). Confirmatory factor analysis supported the premise that maternal hostility could be distinguished into two subtypes: emotional and physical hostility. Adolescent offenders who experienced emotional or physical hostility by their mothers reported greater depressive symptoms and reoffending 6 months later. Further, the relation between maternal hostility (of each type) and adolescent reoffending was partially explained by depressive symptomology.
（1）母亲对其问题青少年子女的敌意表达方式是否存在差异；（2）不同类型的母亲敌意是否会对青少年的抑郁和累犯产生不同影响；（3）青少年抑郁是否是母亲敌意预测青少年后续犯罪的一个中介因素。样本包括 1216 名年龄在 13-17 岁（M=15.80，SD=1.29）的初次犯罪的男性青少年。验证性因子分析支持这样一个前提，即母亲的敌意可以分为两种亚型：情绪敌意和身体敌意。经历过母亲情绪或身体敌意的青少年罪犯报告了更多的抑郁症状和 6 个月后的再犯罪。此外，母亲敌意（每种类型）与青少年再犯罪之间的关系部分可以通过抑郁症状来解释。
