Koshenova Diana, Alimkkulov Yerbol, Bisengali Lilya, Turgumbayev Marlen, Beaver Kevin M
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University, Almaty, Kazakhstan.
Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Int J Offender Ther Comp Criminol. 2025 Aug;69(10-11):1387-1409. doi: 10.1177/0306624X231212814. Epub 2023 Nov 26.
Adolescence is a time period that is highlighted by widespread involvement in delinquent behaviors. The long-term consequences associated with engaging in such behaviors is not entirely understood. There is some research showing, though, that adolescents who are involved in delinquency are at-risk for also engaging in an assortment of risky sexual behaviors. Whether this association is causal or the result of selection/confounding remains unclear. The current study sought to add to the literature on this topic by examining whether measures of adolescent delinquency predict later-life involvement in risky sexual behaviors (number of sexual partners, number of one-night stands, and being diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection) in a sample from the United States. To do so, data drawn from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) were analyzed ( ranging from 5018 to 5964). The results revealed statistically significant associations between adolescent delinquency and risky sexual behaviors for males and females even after controlling for levels of self-control, exposure to peer substance use, parental socialization, and neighborhood disadvantage. These results suggest that the association between delinquent involvement and risky sexual behaviors is robust and future research should begin to systematically examine the developmental nature of this association.
青春期是一个普遍存在参与犯罪行为的时期。与从事此类行为相关的长期后果尚未完全明了。不过，有一些研究表明，参与犯罪的青少年也有从事各种危险性行为的风险。这种关联是因果关系还是选择/混杂因素的结果仍不清楚。当前的研究试图通过在美国的一个样本中检验青少年犯罪的测量指标是否能预测日后参与危险性行为（性伴侣数量、一夜情数量以及被诊断出感染性传播疾病）的情况，来补充这一主题的文献。为此，分析了从青少年到成人健康全国纵向研究（Add Health）中提取的数据（样本数量从5018到5964）。结果显示，即使在控制了自我控制水平、同伴物质使用暴露情况、父母社会化程度和邻里劣势等因素之后，青少年犯罪与男性和女性的危险性行为之间仍存在统计学上的显著关联。这些结果表明，犯罪参与和危险性行为之间的关联是稳固的，未来的研究应该开始系统地考察这种关联的发展本质。
