Citation

Tomită M. Procedia Soc. Behav. Sci. 2013; 84: 1138-1142.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.sbspro.2013.06.715

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Adolescence is the most complex stage of development of the youngster on his way to adulthood. This period seems to raise the greatest difficulties in the educational process because of the frequent physiological and emotional disturbances, deviations of character and behavioral disorders accompanying them often towards maturation.The research goal is to describe and analyze the differences between delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents using psychological tools to highlight differences between them in terms of depression (Beck Depression Inventory), anxiety (STAI X1 and STAI X2), aggression (Test of Aggression) and maladaptive personality tendencies (Maladaptive Personality Tendencies).The comparative analysis is made between two equal samples of 30 subjects who were assigned according to the degree juvenile delinquency or non-delinquency. The first sample was randomly chosen from the resident adolescents of one Reeducation Center.All the children selected are juvenile males, with the average age of 17 years old, serving a sentence at the reeducation center. The second sample was randomly chosen from a school in Timisoara, with the same average age, 17 years old.The research results have shown major differences between the two groups of children regarding the variables taken into study.