Translational Social Research Division, National Council of Social Service, 170 Ghim Moh Road, #01-02, 279621, Singapore; Department of Social Work & Social Service Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Blk AS3, Level 4, 3 Arts Link, 117570, Singapore.
Translational Social Research Division, National Council of Social Service, 170 Ghim Moh Road, #01-02, 279621, Singapore; Department of Social Work & Social Service Research Centre, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, National University of Singapore, Blk AS3, Level 4, 3 Arts Link, 117570, Singapore.
Child Abuse Negl. 2023 Jul;141:106191. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2023.106191. Epub 2023 Apr 19.
Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) are associated with many deleterious outcomes in young offenders. There is a dearth of studies examining its effects on young offenders' antisocial attitudes, disruptive behaviors and aggression, risk factors for delinquency and reoffending.
This study examined ACE patterns and their association with the above factors in young offenders.
1130 youth offenders (964 males; M = 17.57 years), provided self-reports on ACEs, antisocial attitudes, disruptive behavior ratings and aggression.
Latent Class Analysis was performed on 12 self-reported ACEs, followed by Analyses of Covariance on each of the measures.
Four classes - Low ACE, Indirect Victims, Abusive Environment, and Polyvictimized - were identified. Polyvictimized youths had the highest levels of conduct problems (M = 70.35, ps < .05) and proactive aggression (M = 0.45, ps < .05) but did not differ from youths in Abusive Environment in reactive aggression (M = 1.02, p = .69), oppositional problems (M = 65.15, p = .18), and antisocial attitudes (M = 26.95, p = .21). Indirect Victims had lower levels of conduct problems (M = 64.80, p < .05) and antisocial attitudes (M = 24.35, p < .05) than Polyvictimized youths but higher levels of these outcomes than the Low ACE group.
Our findings showed that ACEs patterns vary in their effects on antisociality and disruptive behaviors. The novel finding was that childhood victimization does not have to be direct, as indirect victimization significantly impacted factors important to delinquency and reoffending.
不良的童年经历（ACE）与年轻罪犯的许多不良后果有关。目前，研究其对年轻罪犯反社会态度、破坏性行为和攻击行为、犯罪和再犯罪风险因素影响的研究很少。
本研究探讨了 ACE 模式及其与年轻罪犯上述因素的关系。
1130 名青年罪犯（964 名男性；M=17.57 岁）自我报告 ACE、反社会态度、破坏性行为评分和攻击性。
对 12 项自我报告的 ACE 进行潜在类别分析，然后对每项措施进行协方差分析。
确定了四个类别 - 低 ACE、间接受害者、虐待环境和多受害者 - 多受害者的青少年的行为问题（M=70.35，ps<0.05）和积极攻击（M=0.45，ps<0.05）最高，但与虐待环境中的青少年在反应性攻击（M=1.02，p=0.69）、对立问题（M=65.15，p=0.18）和反社会态度（M=26.95，p=0.21）方面没有差异。间接受害者的行为问题（M=64.80，p<0.05）和反社会态度（M=24.35，p<0.05）低于多受害者青少年，但高于低 ACE 组。
我们的研究结果表明，ACE 模式对反社会性和破坏性行为的影响不同。新的发现是，儿童受害不一定是直接的，因为间接受害对犯罪和再犯罪的重要因素有重大影响。
