ABSTRACT

We examined the impact of family structure and family processes on engagement in multiple and co-occurring problem behaviors during adolescence (delinquency, substance use, risky sexual behavior, and truancy) while accounting for key risk factors (attachment to school, antisocial peers, self-control, and residential stability) for antisocial behavior. Using data from Waves 1 and 2 of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (n = 9,992), latent class analysis identified classes of youth based on engagement in multiple forms of problem behavior. Multinomial logistic regression was then employed to test the direct and indirect effects of family structure on family processes and placement in the latent classes. Significant differences in family processes and latent class membership were identified across categories of family structure except when comparing across two types of single biological mother households (with children from one father and multipartnered fertility families). Family processes, self-control, and having antisocial peers reduced the effects of family structure on latent class membership.

摘要

我们研究了家庭结构和家庭过程对青春期参与多种和同时发生的问题行为（犯罪、物质使用、危险性行为和逃学）的影响，同时考虑了关键风险因素（对学校的依恋、反社会同伴、自我-控制和居住稳定性）用于反社会行为。使用来自全国青少年到成人健康纵向研究 (n = 9,992) 的 Waves 1 和 2 的数据，潜在类别分析根据参与多种形式的问题行为确定了青年类别。然后采用多项逻辑回归来测试家庭结构对家庭过程和潜在类别中的位置的直接和间接影响。除了比较两种类型的单亲生母家庭（一个父亲的孩子和多伙伴生育家庭）之外，在不同的家庭结构类别中发现了家庭过程和潜在阶级成员的显着差异。家庭过程、自我控制和反社会同伴减少了家庭结构对潜在阶级成员的影响。