University Institute "Progetto Uomo," Montefiascone, Italy.
Salesian Pontifical University, Rome, Italy.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2024 Dec;68(16):1717-1736. doi: 10.1177/0306624X231159889. Epub 2023 Mar 29.
Although over the past 2 years several studies have been carried out on the psychological effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people, few of them investigated the pandemic as psychosocial strain and its effects on deviant behaviors. According to Agnew's General Strain Theory, a repeated objective psychosocial strain, such as the pandemic, exerts pressure on deviance when individuals associate with deviant peers and have weak attachment to parents. Using a sample of 568 young Italians (ages: 15-20 years; 65.8% females, 34.2% males) from north, central and south Italy, we tested for the possible correlation between COVID-19 as a repeated psychosocial strain, deviant behaviors and the role of some coping strategies not included in the Agnew's original theoretical formulation. Results back the thesis that, considering the COVID-19 pandemic as a repeated subjective strain, affect deviance results primarily through association with deviant peers and less through weak attachment with family. The mediating role of coping strategies was found to be weak. The predominant role of the peer group in the genesis of deviant responses to strain will be discussed.
尽管在过去的 2 年里，已经有几项关于 COVID-19 大流行对年轻人心理影响的研究，但很少有研究将大流行视为心理社会压力及其对偏差行为的影响。根据 Agnew 的一般应激理论，当个体与偏差同伴交往并与父母关系薄弱时，反复的客观心理社会压力，如大流行，会对偏差行为施加压力。我们使用了来自意大利北部、中部和南部的 568 名年轻意大利人（年龄：15-20 岁；女性占 65.8%，男性占 34.2%）的样本，检验了 COVID-19 作为一种反复出现的心理社会压力、偏差行为以及一些未包含在 Agnew 原始理论公式中的应对策略之间可能存在的相关性。结果支持了这样一种论点，即考虑到 COVID-19 大流行是一种反复出现的主观压力，通过与偏差同伴的交往而不是通过与家庭的关系薄弱来影响偏差行为。发现应对策略的中介作用较弱。将讨论同伴群体在对压力产生偏差反应中的主导作用。
