Relationships of ethnicity, ethnic identity, and trauma symptoms to delinquency
Relationships of ethnicity, ethnic identity, and trauma symptoms to delinquency
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DOI：
10.1080/15325020802171326
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发表时间：
2008-01-01
影响因子：
4.7
通讯作者：
Waelde, Lynn C.
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作者：
Bruce, Elizabeth;Waelde, Lynn C.
先前的研究发现，青少年犯罪与更高水平的创伤症状和更差的种族认同有关。本研究使用了加州湾区的307名青少年的学校为基础的样本，以检查创伤症状的关系，以犯罪缓冲较高的种族认同，这种缓冲效应是否是相对更重要的少数民族比它是白人。在分层回归分析中，创伤症状，种族和种族认同在统计上相互作用，以预测犯罪，这样，更高水平的种族认同与较少的犯罪在面对不断增加的创伤症状的水平;这种影响是特别重要的少数民族相对于白人。目前的研究结果表明，种族认同可能是一个重要的资源之间的不同种族群体。
Previous research has found that delinquency is related to higher levels of trauma symptoms and poorer ethnic identity. The present study used a California Bay Area school-based sample of 307 adolescents to examine whether the relationship of trauma symptoms to delinquency is buffered by higher ethnic identity and whether this buffering effect is relatively more important for ethnic minorities than it is for Caucasians. In a hierarchical regression analysis, trauma symptoms, ethnicity, and ethnic identity statistically interacted to predict delinquency, such that greater levels of ethnic identity were related to less delinquency in the face of increasing levels of trauma symptoms; this effect was especially important for ethnic minorities relative to Caucasians. Findings of the current study suggest that ethnic identity may be an important resource among diverse ethnic groups.