Song Hyojong, Woo Youngki, Lee Heeuk D, Cochran John K
1 University of Texas Rio Grande Valley, Brownsville, USA.
2 Washington State University, Pullman, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2018 Sep;62(12):3775-3796. doi: 10.1177/0306624X18755481. Epub 2018 Feb 2.
The current study examines effects of changes in intra-family relationships after parental incarceration on internalizing behaviors of the children of incarcerated parents. Using data from a sample of 249 incarcerated parents with minor children in South Korea, the present study found that perceived degradation of family relationships among inmate parents, their non-incarcerated spouses, and children was a significant risk factor of internalizing behaviors of children of incarcerated parents. The current study also found that inmate parents who had more frequent family contact were more likely to perceive improvements of all forms of intra-family relationships during incarceration. The implications of these findings are discussed.
本研究考察了父母入狱后家庭内部关系的变化对入狱父母子女内化行为的影响。利用韩国249名有未成年子女的入狱父母样本的数据，本研究发现，入狱父母、其未入狱配偶和子女之间家庭关系的感知恶化是入狱父母子女内化行为的一个重要风险因素。本研究还发现，与家人联系更频繁的入狱父母更有可能在入狱期间感受到各种形式的家庭内部关系得到改善。文中讨论了这些发现的意义。
