LuDong University, Yantai, China.
Guilin Municipal Government Authorities, Guilin, China.
BMC Psychol. 2024 May 8;12(1):257. doi: 10.1186/s40359-024-01758-x.
This study aimed to investigate the relationships between childhood maltreatment, shame, and self-esteem among juvenile female offenders and to explore the potential influencing factors on their criminal behavior.
Using a stratified cluster sampling method, 1,227 juvenile female offenders from 11 provinces in China were surveyed using the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire (CTQ), Self-Esteem Scale (SES), and a self-developed Shame Questionnaire for Juvenile Offenders. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, correlation analysis, chi-square tests, t-tests, and structural equation modeling with mediation analysis.
(1) Childhood maltreatment have a significant potential influencing factors on criminal behavior; (2) Childhood maltreatment was positively correlated with self-esteem(β = 0.351, p < 0.001); (3) shame (β = 0.042, p < 0.001) mediate the relationship between Childhood maltreatment and self-esteem (childhood maltreatment → shame → self-esteem (95% Cl: 0.033, 0.052)).
This study demonstrates that childhood maltreatment is a significant predictor of criminal behavior among juvenile female offenders. childhood maltreatment can directly influence of self-esteem, which can also affect juvenile female offenders'self-esteem indirectly through shame. The findings suggest that shame are important variables that mediate the effect of the juvenile female offenders'childhood maltreatment on their self-esteem.
本研究旨在探讨未成年女性犯罪者童年期虐待、羞耻感与自尊之间的关系，并探讨其犯罪行为的潜在影响因素。
采用分层整群抽样方法，对来自中国 11 个省的 1227 名未成年女性犯罪者进行了童年创伤问卷（CTQ）、自尊量表（SES）和自编未成年犯罪者羞耻感问卷的调查。采用描述性统计、相关分析、卡方检验、t 检验和结构方程模型进行数据分析，并进行中介分析。
（1）童年期虐待对犯罪行为有显著的潜在影响因素；（2）童年期虐待与自尊呈正相关（β=0.351，p<0.001）；（3）羞耻感（β=0.042，p<0.001）在童年期虐待与自尊之间起中介作用（童年期虐待→羞耻感→自尊（95%Cl：0.033，0.052））。
本研究表明，童年期虐待是未成年女性犯罪者犯罪行为的一个重要预测因素。童年期虐待可以直接影响自尊，也可以通过羞耻感间接影响未成年女性犯罪者的自尊。研究结果表明，羞耻感是中介未成年女性犯罪者童年期虐待对自尊影响的重要变量。
