Different Dimensions, Different Mechanisms? Distinguishing Relationship Status and Quality Effects on Desistance
Different Dimensions, Different Mechanisms? Distinguishing Relationship Status and Quality Effects on Desistance
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DOI：
10.1037/fam0000079
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发表时间：
2015-06-01
影响因子：
2.7
通讯作者：
Simons, Ronald L.
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作者：
Barr, Ashley Brooke;Simons, Ronald L.
这项研究遵循了一个长期的研究，旨在了解浪漫关系对停止犯罪的影响。我们通过测试关系状态的差异效应（即，例如，单身，约会，同居，已婚）和关系质量对犯罪的影响以及解释这些影响的不同机制。我们利用非裔美国年轻人的纵向数据，并利用固定效应的方法来研究个体内的关系状态，关系质量和犯罪的变化。结果表明，对于男性，关系状态直接与犯罪，同居工会减少犯罪独立的质量。然而，高质量的关系被发现可以阻止男性和女性的犯罪，无论其形式如何。关系状态的影响主要由社会控制过程解释，而关系质量的影响则由认知转变，特别是“犯罪知识结构”的变化解释。“这些发现要求更多地关注关系的多个层面以及它们可能促进停止的独特机制。
This study follows from a long line of research aimed at understanding the effects of romantic relationships on desistance from crime. We expanded this work by testing the differential effects of relationship status (i. e., single, dating, cohabiting, married) and relationship quality on crime and the different mechanisms explaining these effects. We drew upon longitudinal data on African American young adults, and utilized a fixed effects approach to examine intraindividual change in relationship status, relationship quality, and offending. Results suggested that, for men, relationship status was directly associated with crime, in that coresidential unions reduced offending independent of their quality. High-quality relationships, however, were found to deter crime for both men and women no matter their form. The effect of relationship status was largely accounted for by social control processes, whereas the relationship quality effect was explained by cognitive transformation, particularly a change in the "criminogenic knowledge structure." These findings demand greater attention to multiple dimensions of relationships and the unique mechanisms through which they may foster desistance.