Values and antisocial behavior among Spanish adolescents

The Journal of Genetic Psychology
E RomeroJ A Marzoa

Abstract

A number of studies have indicated that delinquent adolescents have characteristic value systems. However, most of these studies have adopted a "known-groups" design--that is, they have compared institutionalized delinquents and non-institutionalized adolescents, assuming those adolescents to be non-delinquent. Designs of this type do not distinguish effectively between the statistical effects of delinquency and of institutionalization. In this study, the authors investigated relationships between values and self-reported antisocial behavior in three adolescent groups: 435 school-attending boys, 529 school-attending girls, and 95 delinquent boys in juvenile rehabilitation centers or prisons. The results indicate that antisocial behavior is associated with hedonistic values and a lack of interest in conventional values and social values. These relationships cannot be explained by the institutionalization effects.

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Jun 1, 2005·International Journal of Law and Psychiatry·Sakir OzenSuleyman Goren
Apr 10, 2012·Journal of Adolescence·Laura M Padilla-WalkerJames M Harper
Mar 31, 2009·International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology·Giacinto Froggio, Massimo Lori
May 20, 2010·The Spanish Journal of Psychology·Laura López-Romero, Estrella Romero

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