Steinberg L
Child Dev. 1987 Feb;58(1):269-75. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.1987.tb03505.x.
According to a recent report, adolescents living in single-parent households are more likely to engage in deviant activity than are youngsters living with both natural parents, or in single-parent, extended households, allegedly because the presence of an additional adult provides greater control of youngsters' behavior. In the present study, fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth graders from 1 of 3 family structures (both natural parents, mother alone, or 1 natural parent and a stepparent) were compared with respect to their susceptibility to peer pressure to engage in deviant activity. All comparisons controlled for sex, age, socioeconomic status, maternal employment, and patterns of family decision making. Youngsters living with both natural parents were less susceptible to pressure from their friends to engage in deviant behavior than youngsters living in other family structures. More important, youngsters growing up in stepfamilies--in the presence of an additional adult--were equally at risk for involvement in deviant behavior as were their peers growing up in single-parent households.
根据最近一份报告，与双亲家庭或者单亲大家庭中的青少年相比，生活在单亲家庭中的青少年更有可能参与越轨活动，据称原因是有额外一位成年人在场能更好地管控青少年的行为。在本研究中，对来自三种家庭结构（双亲、单亲母亲、一方亲生父母和继父母）之一的五、六、八和九年级学生参与越轨活动时受同伴压力影响的程度进行了比较。所有比较均对性别、年龄、社会经济地位、母亲就业情况以及家庭决策模式进行了控制。与生活在其他家庭结构中的青少年相比，生活在双亲家庭中的青少年受朋友压力而参与越轨行为的可能性更小。更重要的是，在有额外一位成年人在场的情况下，在重组家庭中成长的青少年与在单亲家庭中成长的同龄人一样，有同样的风险参与越轨行为。
