Citation

Shorts ID. Br. J. Clin. Psychol. 1985; 24(Pt 4): 301-302.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1985, British Psychological Society)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

4074991

Abstract

An attempt was made to delineate which set of delinquent youths' characteristics were best capable of predicting failure on a community-based programme. A first (Exploration) phase generated a discriminant function comprising the items, Predominantly delinquent close friends, Perceives others as happier than self, Club membership and School truancy pattern. Validation significantly discriminated between failure and success groups, yielding a 'hit' rate of 70 per cent.

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