Predicting early adolescent gang involvement from middle school adaptation
Predicting early adolescent gang involvement from middle school adaptation
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DOI：
10.1207/s15374424jccp3401_6
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发表时间：
2005-03-01
影响因子：
4.2
通讯作者：
Yasui, M
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作者：
Dishion, TJ;Nelson, SE;Yasui, M
本研究探讨的作用，适应在第一年的中学（6年级，11岁）加入帮派的最后一年的中学（8年级，13岁）。样本包括714名欧洲裔美国人（EA）和非洲裔美国人（AA）的男孩和女孩。具体来说，学业成绩，报告的反社会行为和同伴关系在6年级被用来预测多个措施的帮派参与到8年级。帮派参与的多重措施包括自我，同伴教师和辅导员的报告。出乎意料的是，自我报告的帮派参与措施并没有高度相关的同行和学校工作人员的报告。然而，其他和自我报告的帮派参与措施的结果是相似的。平均水平分析显示，在8年级帮派参与作为青年性别和种族的功能，统计上可靠的差异。结构方程预测模型显示，同伴提名的拒绝，接受，学业失败，反社会行为的预测帮派参与大多数青年。这些发现表明，青少年的问题行为和学校生态（例如，同伴排斥、学业失败），需要在设计干预措施时加以注意，以防止高危青少年结成帮派。
This study examined the role of adaptation in the first year of middle school (Grade 6, age 11) to affiliation with gangs by the last year of middle school (Grade 8, age 13). The sample consisted of 714 European American (EA) and African American (AA) boys and girls. Specifically, academic grades, reports of antisocial behavior and peer relations in 6th grade were used to predict multiple measures of gang involvement by 8th grade. The multiple measures of gang involvement included self-, peer teacher and counselor reports. Unexpectedly, self-report measures of gang involvement did not correlate highly with peer and school staff reports. The results, however were similar for other and self-report measures of gang involvement. Mean level analyses revealed statistically reliable differences in 8th-grade gang involvement as a function of the youth gender and ethnicity. Structural equation prediction models revealed that peer nominations of rejection, acceptance, academic failure, and antisocial behavior were predictive of gang involvement for most youth. These findings suggest that the youth level of problem behavior and the school ecology (e.g., peer rejection, school failure) require attention in the design of interventions to prevent the formation of gangs among high-risk young adolescents.