Community Violence Exposure and Adolescent Delinquency: Examining a Spectrum of Promotive Factors
Community Violence Exposure and Adolescent Delinquency: Examining a Spectrum of Promotive Factors
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DOI：
10.1177/0044118x13475827
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发表时间：
2016-01-01
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Jacobson, Kristen C.
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作者：
Chen, Pan;Voisin, Dexter R.;Jacobson, Kristen C.
本研究考察了促进因素（未来期望、家庭温暖、学校依恋和邻里凝聚力）是否调节了社区暴力暴露与青少年犯罪之间的关系。分析使用N = 2,980名六年级至八年级学生（M-age = 12.48； 41.1%男性）进行，这些学生来自种族、民族和社会经济多样化的样本。在控制人口因素后，青少年犯罪与社区暴力暴露呈正相关，与各促进因素呈负相关。当所有促进因素与社区暴力暴露之间的交互作用同时被检查时，只有未来预期调节了社区暴力暴露与犯罪之间的关系。具体来说，社区暴力暴露与青少年犯罪的关联较弱，报告对未来的期望水平高，而对未来的期望水平低。结果表明，虽然来自家庭、学校和社区领域的促进因素与较低的犯罪率有关，但只有对未来的期望作为保护因素，才能特别缓冲青少年免受社区暴力暴露的风险影响。
This study examined whether promotive factors (future expectations, family warmth, school attachment, and neighborhood cohesion) moderated relationships between community violence exposure and youth delinquency. Analyses were conducted using N = 2,980 sixth to eighth graders (M-age = 12.48; 41.1% males) from a racially, ethnically, and socioeconomically diverse sample. After controlling for demographic factors, delinquency was positively associated with community violence exposure and inversely associated with each of the promotive factors. When interaction effects between all promotive factors and community violence exposure were examined simultaneously, only future expectations moderated the relationship between community violence exposure and delinquency. Specifically, community violence exposure had a weaker association with delinquency for youth reporting high versus low levels of future expectations. Results indicate that while promotive factors from family, school, and neighborhood domains are related to lower rates of delinquency, only future expectations served as a protective factor that specifically buffered youth from the risk effects of community violence exposure.