Kim Na Ri, Jo Yeong Seon, Cho Young Il, Choi Younyoung, Park Sang Jin
Graduate School of Education, Ajou University, Suwon, Republic of Korea.
Department of Psychiatry, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Jun 2;14:1053759. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1053759. eCollection 2023.
It is well known that depression and delinquency in adolescents are highly correlated, but longitudinal studies on the causal relationship between them are not active in East Asia compared to in Western culture. In addition, even the results of research on causal models and sex differences are inconsistent.
This study examines the longitudinal reciprocal effects between depression and delinquent behavior in Korean adolescents based on sex differences.
We conducted multiple-group analysis by using an autoregressive cross-lagged model (ACLM). Longitudinal data from 2,075 individuals (2011-2013) were used for analysis. The longitudinal data are from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey (KCYPS), and data were used beginning with students at 14 years old (in the second grade of middle school) and tracked them until they were 16 (in the first grade of high school).
Boys' delinquent behaviors at 15 years (the third grade of middle school) affected their depression at 16 years (the first grade of high school). In contrast, girls' depression at 15 years (the third grade of middle school) influenced their delinquent behaviors at 16 years (the first grade of high school).
The findings support the failure model (FM) among adolescent boys and the acting-out model (ACM) among girls. The results imply that strategies to effectively prevent and treat delinquency and depression in adolescents must consider sex effects.
众所周知，青少年的抑郁与犯罪行为高度相关，但与西方文化相比，东亚地区关于二者因果关系的纵向研究并不活跃。此外，即使是关于因果模型和性别差异的研究结果也不一致。
本研究基于性别差异，探讨韩国青少年抑郁与犯罪行为之间的纵向相互影响。
我们使用自回归交叉滞后模型（ACLM）进行多组分析。分析采用了来自2075名个体（2011 - 2013年）的纵向数据。这些纵向数据来自韩国儿童和青少年面板调查（KCYPS），数据从14岁（初中二年级）的学生开始收集，并跟踪他们直到16岁（高中一年级）。
15岁（初中三年级）男孩的犯罪行为影响了他们16岁（高中一年级）时的抑郁状况。相反，15岁（初中三年级）女孩的抑郁影响了她们16岁（高中一年级）时的犯罪行为。
研究结果支持了青少年男孩中的失败模型（FM）和女孩中的外化行为模型（ACM）。结果表明，有效预防和治疗青少年犯罪及抑郁的策略必须考虑性别因素。
