Parental attachment and Chinese adolescents' delinquency: The mediating role of moral disengagement

被引:49
作者
Bao, Zhenzhou [1 ,2 ]
Zhang, Wei [1 ,2 ]
Lai, Xuefen [3 ]
Sun, Wenqiang [1 ,2 ]
Wang, Yanhui [3 ]
机构
[1] S China Normal Univ, Sch Psychol, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[2] S China Normal Univ, Ctr Studies Psychol Applicat, Guangzhou 510631, Guangdong, Peoples R China
[3] Jiaying Univ, Sch Educ Sci, Meizhou, Peoples R China
关键词
Delinquency; Parental attachment; Moral disengagement; Adolescents; ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING; EXTERNALIZING BEHAVIOR; NEUTRALIZATION; MECHANISMS; MODERATOR; AMERICAN; IMPACT; SCALE; RISK;
D O I
10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.06.002
中图分类号
B844 [发展心理学(人类心理学)];
学科分类号
040202 ;
摘要
There is substantial literature documenting the negative association between secure parental attachment and lower adolescent delinquency, but little is known about the mediating mechanisms (i.e., how does parental attachment relate to delinquency?) underlying this relation. The present study examined whether secure parental attachment would be indirectly related to lower adolescent delinquency through lower adolescent moral disengagement. A total of 1766 adolescents (44% male; mean age = 14.25 years, SD = 1.54) living in an urban area of southern China completed anonymous questionnaires regarding parental attachment, moral disengagement and delinquency. After controlling for gender, age, socioeconomic status, and school variable, it was found that secure parental attachment was negatively associated with adolescent delinquency and this negative association was fully mediated by the extent of adolescent moral disengagement. These findings contribute to an understanding of the mechanisms underlying the development of adolescent delinquency and have important implications for intervention. (C) 2015 The Foundation for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:11
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