Cutting the grass: A reexamination of the link between marital attachment, delinquent peers and desistance from marijuana use
Cutting the grass: A reexamination of the link between marital attachment, delinquent peers and desistance from marijuana use
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DOI：
10.1007/s10940-004-1786-3
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
Beaver, K
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作者：
Maume, MO;Ousey, GC;Beaver, K
最近的研究表明，婚姻有助于停止犯罪。然而，对这种关系有两种突出的解释。第一种理论植根于非正式控制理论，认为“婚姻效应”是伴随婚姻而来的社会纽带的直接结果。第二种观点认为，这种影响是间接的，是由于婚姻对犯罪同伴交往模式的影响。利用全国青年调查第5和第6波的数据，本研究通过研究婚姻依恋、犯罪同伴交往和停止使用大麻之间的关系，重新分析了这些解释。虽然犯罪同伴协会的变化是一个强有力的预测大麻戒断，研究结果也与婚姻效应的控制理论解释一致。指出了本研究的意义和局限性。
Recent work indicates that marriage contributes to desistance from crime. However, two prominent interpretations of this relationship have been offered. The first, rooted in informal control theory, suggests that the "marriage effect'' is a direct result of social bonds that tend to accompany matrimony. The second contends that the effect is indirect and due to the impact of marriage on patterns of delinquent peer association. Using data from waves 5 and 6 of the National Youth Survey, this study re-analyzes these interpretations by examining the relationship between marital attachment, delinquent peer association and desistance from marijuana use. Although change in delinquent peer association is a powerful predictor of marijuana desistance, findings are also consistent with the control theory interpretation of the marriage effect. Implications and limitations of the current study are noted.