家庭功能对青少年冒险行为的影响:自我控制能力与不良同伴交往的序列中介效应

采用问卷法对922名中学生进行调查,考察了家庭功能与青少年冒险行为的关系以及自我控制能力、不良同伴交往的中介作用。结果发现:(1)家庭功能、自我控制能力、不良同伴交往和冒险行为两两之间相关显著;(2)自我控制能力在家庭功能与青少年冒险行为之间起中介作用;(3)自我控制能力和不良同伴交往在家庭功能和青少年冒险行为之间构成序列中介,家庭功能对青少年冒险行为的影响主要通过家庭功能——自我控制能力——不良同伴交往——冒险行为这一路径实现。研究结果进一步揭示了家庭、同伴和个体自身因素影响青少年冒险行为的内在机制。

Effects of Family Functioning on Adolescent Risk-taking Behavior: The Sequential Mediating Effects of Self-control Ability and Deviant Peer Affiliation

Using a series of questionnaires the present study surveyed a sample of 922 adolescent students aged from 11~19 years old (M=14.39±1.68) in order to explore the mediating effects of self-control ability and deviant peer affiliation on the relationship between family functioning and adolescent risk-taking behavior, including General Functioning Scale of the Chinese version of the Family Assessment Device, Deviant Peer Affiliation Scale, Self-Control Ability Scale and Adolescent Risk-Taking Scale. The main findings were as follows:(1) family functioning, self-control ability, deviant peer affiliation and adolescents' risk-taking behavior were significantly related with each other; (2) self-control ability played an important mediating role in the relationship between family functioning and adolescent risk-taking behavior; (3) self-control ability and deviant peer affiliation exerted sequential mediating effects on the association of family functioning with adolescent risk-taking behavior, i.e., family functioning could influence adolescent self-control ability which in turn affected adolescent deviant peer affiliation and deviant peer affiliation then impacted adolescent take-risking finally.These findings further reveal how family, peer and individual factors affect adolescent risk-taking behavior.