Klein K, Forehand R, Armistead L, Long P
Psychology Department, University of Georgia, Athens 30602, USA.
Adolescence. 1997 Spring;32(125):61-80.
This longitudinal study examines the prediction of delinquency in early adulthood by family variables and one type of maternal parenting skill during early adolescence. In 132 Caucasian families, family variables (marital status, interparental conflict, mother-adolescent relationship, and maternal depressive mood) and maternal communication/problem-solving skills were assessed through self-report measures and behavioral observations during subjects' early adolescence. Outcome measures (minor and severe delinquency, arrests/convictions) were assessed six years later during early adulthood. Regression analyses revealed relationships between the predictors and severe delinquency and arrests/convictions, but not minor delinquency. The interaction of low levels of maternal communication/problem-solving skills and negative family variables (i.e., high maternal depressive mood) was associated with higher rates of delinquency, whereas the interaction of higher levels of such maternal skills and positive family variables was associated with lower rates of delinquency.
这项纵向研究考察了家庭变量以及青少年早期一种母亲养育技能对成年早期犯罪行为的预测作用。在132个白人家庭中，通过自我报告测量和行为观察，对青少年早期的家庭变量（婚姻状况、父母间冲突、母亲与青少年的关系以及母亲的抑郁情绪）和母亲的沟通/解决问题技能进行了评估。六年后在成年早期评估了结果指标（轻微和严重犯罪、被捕/定罪）。回归分析揭示了预测因素与严重犯罪以及被捕/定罪之间的关系，但与轻微犯罪无关。母亲沟通/解决问题技能水平较低与负面家庭变量（即母亲高度抑郁情绪）之间的相互作用与较高的犯罪率相关，而这种母亲技能水平较高与正面家庭变量之间的相互作用则与较低的犯罪率相关。
