ABSTRACT

Purpose: The current study was designed to extend the results of an earlier study in which parental support was found to moderate the prospective relationship between bullying perpetration and subsequent delinquency. Method: A unique aspect of the current study was that instead of focusing on the two-way interactions beween bullying and parenting, as was done in a previous investigation, the three-way interaction between bullying, parental support, and parental knowledge was scrutinized. Using data provided by 3956 (2047 boys, 1909 girls) members of the nationally representative Longituidnal Study of Australian Children (mean age = 12.41 years) a multiple regression analysis was performed using a maximum likelihood with robust standard errors estimator. Results: The results revealed a significant three-way interaction between bullying perpetration, parental support, and parental knowledge as prior (age 12-13) predictors of subsequent (age 14-15) delinquency, controlling for age, sex, indigenousness, bullying victmization, peer delinquency, and prior participant delinquency. Conclusions: The nature of the interactions observed in this study imply that high parental support, combined with low parental knowledge, may protect children who engage in bullying behavior from progressing into a delinquent lifestyle two years later.

摘要

目的：本研究旨在扩展一项早期研究的结果，该研究发现父母的支持可以缓和欺凌行为与随后的犯罪之间的预期关系。方法：当前研究的一个独特方面是，不像之前的调查那样关注欺凌和养育子女之间的双向互动，而是仔细审查了欺凌、父母支持和父母知识之间的三方互动。使用具有全国代表性的澳大利亚儿童纵向研究（平均年龄 = 12.41 岁）的 3956 名（2047 名男孩，1909 名女孩）成员提供的数据，使用具有稳健标准误差估计量的最大似然进行多元回归分析。结果：结果显示欺凌行为之间存在显着的三向相互作用，父母的支持和父母的知识作为后续（14-15 岁）犯罪的先验（12-13 岁）预测因素，控制年龄、性别、土著、欺凌受害、同伴犯罪和先前的参与者犯罪。结论：本研究中观察到的互动性质表明，父母的高度支持，加上父母知识水平低，可以保护从事欺凌行为的儿童在两年后不会发展为违法的生活方式。