SELF CONCEPT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENTS - A STUDY OF MALADAPTIVES, LOSERS AND INTEGRATORS

• NCJ Number: 7318
• Author(s): D L KELTON
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 110 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS. UNPUBLISHED DISSERTATION

Annotation

DETERMINATION OF WHETHER JUVENILE DELINQUENTS CONSTITUTE AN AGGREGATE GROUP OR WHETHER THEY ARE ACTUALLY A COMPOSITE OF DIFFERING SUB-GROUPS.

Abstract

DELINQUENTS HAVE TRADITIONALLY BEEN VIEWED AS AN AGGREGATE GROUP TO BE COMPARED TO THE NORM GROUP. THIS COMPARISON TECHNIQUE WAS QUESTIONED AND A DETAILED STUDY IDENTIFYING, DESCRIBING, AND COMPARING DELINQUENT GROUPS TO EACH OTHER RATHER THAN TO NON-DELINQUENT GROUPS WAS UNDERTAKEN. VARIABLES WHICH DIFFERENTIATE DELINQUENT SUB-GROUPS WERE IDENTIFIED BY THE TENNESSEE SELF CONCEPT SCALE FOR ANALYZING THE SELF CONCEPT OF THE INDIVIDUALS. THE RESULTS NOT ONLY SUGGEST THAT THE DELINQUENT POPULATION IS A COMPOSITE OF SUB-GROUPS WHICH DIFFER FROM EACH OTHER BUT ALSO SUGGEST THAT A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL APPROACH TO THE SELF CONCEPT IS A TECHNIQUE THAT YIELDS VALUABLE PSYCHOLOGICAL DATA ABOUT THE INDIVIDUALS WHICH MAKE UP THE DIVERSE GROUPS. APPENDED MATERIAL INCLUDES THE VARIOUS FORMS USED IN THE STUDY AND TABLES OF RAW STATISTICAL DATA. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)