PurposeThe principal objective of this study was to determine whether insecure attachment leads to narcissistic entitlement/proactive criminal thinking versus cognitive impulsivity/reactive criminal thinking. It was predicted that insecure attachment would predict narcissistic entitlement but not cognitive impulsivity and that this effect would be mediated by peer delinquency.MethodsParticipants were 1700 (868 boys, 832 girls) members of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study. Child-mother attachment was assessed with a Q-sort completed by the child’s mother when the child was 3 years old. Attachment sorts were organized into a latent factor score and correlated with measures of adolescent-reported narcissistic entitlement and cognitive impulsivity at age 15.ResultsFindings from a linear regression analysis revealed that insecure attachment at age 3 predicted narcissistic entitlement but not cognitive impulsivity at age 15, controlling for the effects of race, gender, household income, family structure, maternal bonding, peer delinquency, and participant delinquency. A second analysis showed that maternal ratings of peer delinquency when the child was 9 years old mediated the relationship between age 3 insecure attachment and age 15 narcissistic entitlement.ConclusionsThe current results suggest that insecure attachment is directly and indirectly (via delinquent peer associations) linked to narcissistic entitlement, a facet of proactive criminal thinking.

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早期依恋和自恋的权利：追寻青少年主动犯罪思想的根源

目的这项研究的主要目的是确定不安全的依恋是否会导致自恋权/主动犯罪思维与认知冲动/反应性犯罪思维。据预测，不安全的依恋将预测自恋的权利，而不是认知的冲动，而这种影响将由同龄人的犯罪所介导。方法参加研究的是脆弱家庭和儿童福利研究的1700名成员（868名男孩，832名女孩）。当孩子3岁时，由孩子的母亲完成的Q-sort评估了孩子对母亲的依恋。依恋的类别被组织成一个潜在因素评分，并与15岁时青少年报告的自恋权和认知冲动的度量相关。结果线性回归分析的结果显示，3岁时不安全的依恋预测了自恋的权利，15岁时没有自恋的冲动，从而控制了种族，性别，家庭收入，家庭结构，孕产妇关系，同伴犯罪和参加者犯罪的影响。第二项分析表明，孩子在9岁时对同龄人犯罪的母亲评分介导了3岁的不安全依恋与15岁的自恋权利之间的关系。结论目前的结果表明，不安全的依恋直接和间接地（通过违法的同伴协会）与自恋的权利，是积极犯罪思想的一个方面。家庭结构，孕产妇关系，同伴犯罪和参加者犯罪。第二项分析显示，当孩子9岁时，母亲对同伴犯罪的评级介导了3岁的不安全依恋与15岁的自恋权之间的关系。自恋的权利，是积极犯罪思想的一个方面。家庭结构，孕产妇关系，同伴犯罪和参加者犯罪。第二项分析表明，孩子在9岁时对同龄人犯罪的母亲评分介导了3岁的不安全依恋与15岁的自恋权利之间的关系。结论目前的结果表明，不安全的依恋直接和间接地（通过违法的同伴协会）与自恋的权利，是积极犯罪思想的一个方面。