청소년의 부모애착, 학교전념, 비행친구, 지위비행 간의 인과성에 관한 검증

This study examined two research questions based on Thornberry’s interactional theory as the theoretical background. The Autoregressive Cross-lagged model(ARCL) was used to analyze the stability of each variables over time and the reciprocal causal relationship between parent attachment, school commitment, delinquent peers, and status offenses. The data were taken from the Korea Youth Panel Survey(KYPS) conducted by the National Youth Policy Institute(NYPI) for six years from 2003(Secondary panels) and 2004(Elementary panels). In this study, the elementary panels(4th to 7th grade) and the secondary panels(8th to 12th grade) were independently used. The results showed that parent attachment, school commitment, delinquent peers, and status offenses had autoregressive effects, meaning that each of the previous variable had a significant effect on each of the following. Second, in the reciprocal causal relationship between variables, only positive reciprocal causal relationship between delinquent peers and status offenses. This means that status offenses can gradually increase as it interacts with delinquent peers. Therefore, based on the analysis results, this study aims to discuss the status offenses and suggest implications for juvenile delinquency prevention and suggestions for follow-up studies.