Why does sibling abuse affect some adolescents more severely than others? When and how does its experience at home influence the psychosocial behavior of adolescents at school? Guided by the Conservation of Resources Theory (CoRT), the authors established a moderated-mediation model to find answers to these under-researched questions. Specifically, they analyzed the effects of sibling abuse on victimized adolescents’ in-school delinquency through psychological distress and psychological disengagement. Victim’s neurotic personality, which may intensify the spillover process, was examined as well. Forty-seven Pakistani middle adolescents from a private secondary school provided a survey-based time-lagged data over five consecutive school-days. Results revealed that the next day after experiencing sibling abuse, victims first felt psychologically distressed and then psychologically disengaged from school, and ultimately carried out delinquent activities on campus. Furthermore, neuroticism did not significantly change the effect of sibling abuse on outcome variables. This study contributes toward a more comprehensive understanding of the abuse–delinquency chain as a complex psychological process underpinned by CoRT.

为什么兄弟姐妹虐待对一些青少年的影响比其他青少年更严重？它在家里的经历何时以及如何影响学校青少年的社会心理行为？在资源保护理论 (CoRT) 的指导下，作者建立了一个适度的中介模型来寻找这些研究不足的问题的答案。具体来说，他们通过心理困扰和心理疏离分析了兄弟姐妹虐待对受害青少年在校犯罪的影响。受害者的神经质人格，这可能会加剧溢出过程，也被检查了。来自一所私立中学的 47 名巴基斯坦初中青少年提供了基于调查的时间滞后数据，这些数据超过了连续五个上学日。结果显示，在遭受兄弟姐妹虐待后的第二天，受害者先是感到心理上的苦恼，然后是心理上脱离学校，最终在校园内进行违法犯罪活动。此外，神经质并没有显着改变兄弟姐妹虐待对结果变量的影响。这项研究有助于更全面地理解滥用 - 犯罪链作为 CoRT 支持的复杂心理过程。