ABSTRACT

Despite the link between child maltreatment and delinquency has been well-established, relatively few studies have examined gender differences in the protective role of school factors that attenuates delinquency for adolescents who reported child maltreatment. This study aimed to examine gender-specific trajectories of child maltreatment, school engagement, and delinquency with a framework of life course perspectives. It also examined the protective role of school engagement trajectory on delinquency over time by gender. A total of 348 adolescents who reported maltreatment experiences in a nationally representative sample from the Korea Welfare Panel study with three waves was examined using latent growth models. The results revealed that males experienced neglect, physical and emotional abuse significantly more than females at baseline, but this significance disappeared as females’ experience increased with age. Being male decreased initial level of school engagement at baseline, which also increased initial level of delinquency, but being male increased the growth rate of school engagement over time, which also decreased the growth rate of delinquency. Females who experienced maltreatment rapidly dropped school engagement without increasing delinquency. Sexual abuse, neglect, and multiple types of maltreatment experiences also fit the model. Implication of the findings for females and males were different and discussed.

摘要

尽管虐待儿童与犯罪行为之间的联系已得到充分确立，但相对较少的研究研究了性别差异在学校因素的保护作用中的作用，从而减轻了报告虐待儿童青少年的犯罪行为。这项研究的目的是从生活过程的角度研究儿童虐待，学校参与和犯罪的特定性别轨迹。它还研究了随着时间的流逝，按性别划分的学校参与轨迹对犯罪的保护作用。使用潜伏增长模型，对来自348个韩国青少年的报告进行了三波调查，这些青少年报告了来自韩国福利专家小组研究的全国代表性样本中的虐待经历，经历了三波冲击。结果显示，男性在基线时遭受的忽视，身体和情感虐待明显多于女性，但是随着女性年龄的增长，这种重要性就消失了。男性在基线时降低了学校参与的初始水平，这也增加了青少年的初始水平，但男性随着时间的推移增加了学校参与的增长率，这也降低了青少年的增长率。遭受虐待的女性迅速放弃了学校参与，而没有增加犯罪行为。性虐待，忽视和多种类型的虐待经历也符合该模型。对女性和男性的发现的含义是不同的，并进行了讨论。这也降低了犯罪率的增长速度。遭受虐待的女性迅速放弃了学校参与，而没有增加犯罪行为。性虐待，忽视和多种类型的虐待经历也符合该模型。对女性和男性的发现的含义是不同的，并进行了讨论。这也降低了犯罪率的增长速度。遭受虐待的女性迅速放弃了学校参与，而没有增加犯罪行为。性虐待，忽视和多种类型的虐待经历也符合该模型。对女性和男性的发现的含义是不同的，并进行了讨论。