Cardona-Isaza Arcadio de Jesús, Montoya-Castilla Inmaculada, Trujillo Angela
Department of Psychosocial Studies, Faculty of Psychology, Universidad del Valle, Cali 760042, Colombia.
Department of Personality, Assessment and Psychological Treatment, Faculty of Psychology, University of Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 Jan 17;15(1):80. doi: 10.3390/bs15010080.
Research on adolescents suggests that decision-making styles, emotional experiences, and life satisfaction play a crucial role in emotional and behavioral difficulties and the development of prosocial behaviors. This study analyzed the relationship between decision-making styles, prosociality, and difficulties among adolescent offenders, as well as the mediating role of life satisfaction and emotional experiences in this relationship. A total of 457 adolescents aged from 14 to 19 years (M = 16.23; S.D. = 1.31; 32.2% female) participated in this study. The variables of interest were assessed using self-reports and descriptive, reliability, correlational, predictive, and mediation analyses were performed. A significant association was found between the study variables. Non-rational decision-making styles and negative emotional experiences influenced difficulties, whereas rational decision-making, life satisfaction, and positive emotional experiences influenced prosocial behavior. Furthermore, the results show that the relationship between rational decision-making and prosocial behavior is mediated by life satisfaction, emotional balance, and positive emotional experiences. Similarly, negative emotional experiences mediated the relationship between a hypervigilance decision-making style and emotional and behavioral difficulties. The results of this study indicate the importance of intervening in decision-making styles, emotional management, and life satisfaction in offending adolescents to decrease behavioral and emotional difficulties and favor prosocial behavior.
针对青少年的研究表明，决策风格、情感体验和生活满意度在情绪与行为问题以及亲社会行为的发展中起着至关重要的作用。本研究分析了青少年罪犯的决策风格、亲社会性和问题之间的关系，以及生活满意度和情感体验在这种关系中的中介作用。共有457名年龄在14至19岁之间的青少年（M = 16.23；标准差 = 1.31；32.2%为女性）参与了本研究。使用自我报告评估相关变量，并进行了描述性、信度、相关性、预测性和中介分析。研究变量之间存在显著关联。非理性决策风格和负面情感体验影响问题，而理性决策、生活满意度和积极情感体验影响亲社会行为。此外，结果表明，理性决策与亲社会行为之间的关系由生活满意度、情绪平衡和积极情感体验介导。同样，负面情感体验介导了过度警觉决策风格与情绪和行为问题之间的关系。本研究结果表明干预犯罪青少年的决策风格、情绪管理和生活满意度对于减少行为和情绪问题以及促进亲社会行为的重要性。
