Positive Peers-The Neglected Stepchildren of Social Influence Theories of Crime.

Glenn D Walters
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Despite being one of the least studied components of social influence, positive peer associations have much to offer social learning theories of crime. The purpose of the current investigation was to determine whether positive peer associations moderate the peer influence effect central to social learning theory. Data provided by 3869 (1970 boys, 1899 girls) members of the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children (LSAC) were used to test the hypothesis that positive peer associations interact with components of peer influence to protect adolescents against future delinquency. A simple mediation analysis confirmed the existence of a significant indirect effect running from peer delinquency, to low empathy, to participant delinquency. When positive peer associations were added to the model as moderators, they achieved a significant negative moderating effect on the peer delinquency-low empathy path and a significant positive moderating effect on the low empathy-participant delinquency path. In this study, positive peer associations increased empathy in children with fewer delinquent peer associations and decreased offending in children with lower levels of empathy. Given evidence of their ability to inhibit negative peer influence and promote empathy in the service of reduced delinquency, positive peer associations deserve more attention from social learning theories of crime than they have thus far received.

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积极的同伴——犯罪社会影响理论中被忽视的继子女。
尽管是研究最少的社会影响的组成部分之一,积极的同伴关系提供了犯罪的社会学习理论。本研究的目的是确定积极的同伴联想是否会调节同伴影响效应,这是社会学习理论的核心。澳大利亚儿童纵向研究(LSAC)的3869名成员(1970名男孩,1899名女孩)提供的数据被用来检验积极的同伴联系与同伴影响的组成部分相互作用以保护青少年免受未来犯罪的假设。一个简单的中介分析证实了从同伴犯罪到低同理心到参与者犯罪的显著间接效应的存在。当正向同伴联想作为调节因子加入模型时,它们对同伴犯罪-低共情路径具有显著的负向调节作用,对低共情-参与者犯罪路径具有显著的正向调节作用。在本研究中,积极的同伴交往增加了不良同伴交往较少的儿童的共情,减少了共情水平较低的儿童的犯罪。鉴于有证据表明,积极的同伴交往能够抑制消极的同伴影响,并在减少犯罪的过程中促进同理心,因此,积极的同伴交往应该得到犯罪社会学习理论比迄今为止所得到的更多的关注。
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期刊介绍: Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology brings together the latest innovative research that advances knowledge of psychopathology from infancy through adolescence. The journal publishes studies that have a strong theoretical framework and use a diversity of methods, with an emphasis on empirical studies of the major forms of psychopathology found in childhood disorders (e.g., disruptive behavior disorders, depression, anxiety, and autism spectrum disorder). Studies focus on the epidemiology, etiology, assessment, treatment, prognosis, and developmental course of these forms of psychopathology. Studies highlighting risk and protective factors; the ecology and correlates of children''s emotional, social, and behavior problems; and advances in prevention and treatment are featured. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology is the official journal of the International Society for Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology (ISRCAP), a multidisciplinary scientific society.
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