Puberty and Girls' Delinquency: A Test of Competing Models Explaining the Relationship between Pubertal Development and Delinquent Behavior.
Puberty and Girls' Delinquency: A Test of Competing Models Explaining the Relationship between Pubertal Development and Delinquent Behavior.
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青春期和女孩犯罪：解释青春期发育与犯罪行为之间关系的竞争模型测试。
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10.1080/07418825.2018.1472291
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2020
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Simons,LeslieGordon
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Klopack,EricT;Simons,RonaldL;Simons,LeslieGordon
大量的研究表明，青春期早熟与女孩的犯罪行为有关。然而，没有明确的共识，这种关联的理论机制已经建立。使用前瞻性的面板研究480名非洲裔美国女孩，目前的研究使用潜在的增长曲线分析，比较两个竞争模型的风险（CR）和生活史（LH）理论的背景下，提供这种现象的潜在解释。CR模型表明，青春期早期的发育大大塑造了女孩的社会世界，使她们暴露在更多的犯罪风险因素中，而LH理论则认为儿童时期环境的不可预测性和严酷性导致身体发育加速，这预示着危险行为。研究结果表明，早熟的青春期时间的女孩有更多的越轨的同龄人，并暴露于更严厉的养育，和风险因素不预测青春期的时间，CR模型提供更多的支持。研究的意义和未来的方向进行了讨论。
A substantial amount of research indicates precocious pubertal development is associated with delinquent behavior in girls. However, no clear consensus on theoretical mechanisms underlying this association has been established. Using a prospective panel study of 480 African-American girls, the current study uses latent growth curve analysis to compare two competing models—context of risk (CR) and life history (LH) theory—offering potential explanations of this phenomenon. The CR model suggests that early pubertal development substantially shapes girls’ social worlds such that they are exposed to more risk factors for delinquency, whereas LH theory argues environmental unpredictability and harshness in childhood cause accelerated physical development, which predicts risky behavior. Results indicate that girls with precocious pubertal timing have more deviant peers and are exposed to harsher parenting, and that risk factors do not predict pubertal timing, providing more support for the CR model. Implications and future directions for research are discussed.