Department of Family and Child Sciences, College of Human Sciences, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, 32306-1491, USA.
J Youth Adolesc. 2020 Jan;49(1):228-237. doi: 10.1007/s10964-019-01078-z. Epub 2019 Jul 31.
Despite the prevalence of delinquency during adolescence and the influence of culture on parenting behaviors and adolescent outcomes, few studies have examined the association between parental warmth and adolescent delinquency cross-culturally. Thus, this study sought to identify cultural differences in the levels of delinquency and their associations with parental warmth. First, the levels of delinquency and the protective effect of parental warmth on delinquency were examined using a U.S. sample from the Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health). Next, the same two research questions were investigated using a Korean sample from the Korean Youth Panel Survey (KYPS). Finally, differences in such associations were examined between the samples from the U.S. and South Korea. The findings from the independent sample t-test revealed that the levels of delinquency were lower for Korean adolescents than American adolescents. The results from multiple regression also demonstrated the protective effect of parental warmth on delinquency for American adolescents. Further, parental warmth by country interaction suggested that the protective effect of parental warmth was statistically stronger for American adolescents than Korean adolescents. Implications of the findings suggested cultural differences in perceptions of parental warmth and its role in reducing adolescent delinquency.
尽管青少年时期普遍存在犯罪行为，而且文化对父母教养行为和青少年的结果有影响，但很少有研究从跨文化的角度探讨父母温暖与青少年犯罪之间的关系。因此，本研究试图确定犯罪水平的文化差异及其与父母温暖的关联。首先，使用来自青少年健康纵向研究（Add Health）的美国样本，检验了犯罪水平以及父母温暖对犯罪的保护作用。接下来，使用来自韩国青少年小组调查（KYPS）的韩国样本研究了相同的两个研究问题。最后，检验了美国和韩国样本之间这些关联的差异。独立样本 t 检验的结果表明，韩国青少年的犯罪水平低于美国青少年。多元回归的结果还表明，父母温暖对美国青少年的犯罪有保护作用。此外，父母温暖与国家的交互作用表明，父母温暖对美国青少年的保护作用比韩国青少年更强。研究结果表明，父母温暖的观念及其在减少青少年犯罪中的作用存在文化差异。
