JUVENILE DELINQUENT DRUG ABUSE IN FEMALES - A CLINICAL STUDY

• NCJ Number: 34576
• Journal: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry Volume: 9 Issue: 4 Dated: (DECEMBER 1975) Pages: 281-286
• Author(s): B J PHILLIPS; I F PHILLIPS; E C DAVIDSON
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 6 pages
• Corporate Author: Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: Australia
• Note: REPRINT

Annotation

A STUDY TO DETERMINE THE REASON GIVEN 'THE DELINQUENT PERSONALITY', SOME DELINQUENT BECOME INVOLVED IN DRUG ABUSE WHILE OTHERS DO NOT.

Abstract

THIRTY DRUG TAKING AND THIRTY NON-DRUG TAKING DELINQUENT ADOLESCENT GIRLS WERE ASSESSED USING A PSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW TECHNIQUE. DIFFERENCES WERE OBSERVED BETWEEN THE GROUPS ON AN AGGRESSIVE-PASSIVE-WITHDRAWN DIMENSION. DRUG TAKERS WERE FOUND TO BE PASSIVE AND WITHDRAWN WHILST CONTROL GROUP SUBJECTS WERE FOUND TO BE MORE AGGRESSIVE. THESE FACTORS WERE IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE MODAL PERSONALITY OF THE DELINQUENT GIRL. THE RESULTS SUPPORTED OTHER STUDIES OF THE DRUG TAKING PERSONALITY AND WERE SEEN AS AN INDICATION OF CAUSATION, WITH CONSEQUENT IMPLICATIONS FOR TREATMENT. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)