物质主义和自我中心主义对中国大陆青少年犯罪的同期和纵向预测作用。
Concurrent and Longitudinal Predictors of Adolescent Delinquency in Mainland Chinese Adolescents: The Role of Materialism and Egocentrism.
机构信息
Department of Applied Social Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong.
出版信息
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2020 Oct 21;17(20):7662. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17207662.
BACKGROUND
Although studies have examined the influence of materialism on adolescent well-being, there are several methodological limitations: studies examining the influence of materialism on adolescent delinquency are almost non-existent; researchers commonly used cross-sectional designs; the sample size in some studies was not large; validated measures on materialism in non-Western contexts are rare; there are very few Chinese studies. Besides, no study has examined the hypothesis that egocentrism is the mediator in the influence of materialism on adolescent delinquency.
METHODS
Using a short-term longitudinal design, two waves of data were collected from 2648 early adolescents in mainland China. At each wave, students completed validated measures of materialism, egocentrism and delinquent behavior.
RESULTS
Materialism and egocentrism positively predicted adolescent delinquency at Wave 1 and Wave 2 and over time. While materialism at Wave 1 positively predicted increase in delinquency over time, egocentrism did not. However, PROCESS analysis showed that egocentrism mediated the longitudinal influence of materialism on adolescent delinquent behavior.
CONCLUSIONS
Materialism and egocentrism are predictors of adolescent delinquency, with egocentrism serving as a mediator in the influence of materialism on adolescent delinquency.
背景
尽管已有研究考察了物质主义对青少年幸福感的影响，但仍存在一些方法学上的局限性：几乎没有研究考察物质主义对青少年犯罪的影响；研究人员通常采用横断面设计；一些研究的样本量不大；在非西方背景下，对物质主义的验证性测量很少；中国的研究也很少。此外，没有研究检验自我中心主义是物质主义对青少年犯罪影响的中介这一假设。
方法
本研究采用短期纵向设计，从中国大陆的 2648 名早期青少年中收集了两波数据。在每一波中，学生都完成了物质主义、自我中心主义和犯罪行为的验证性测量。
结果
物质主义和自我中心主义在第 1 波和第 2 波都正向预测了青少年犯罪，并且随着时间的推移，这种预测作用会增强。尽管第 1 波的物质主义正向预测了犯罪行为随时间的增加，但自我中心主义并没有。然而，PROCESS 分析表明，自我中心主义中介了物质主义对青少年犯罪行为的纵向影响。
结论
物质主义和自我中心主义是青少年犯罪的预测因素，自我中心主义是物质主义对青少年犯罪影响的中介。
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