Distinguishing male juvenile offenders through personality traits, coping strategies, feelings of guilt and level of anger
Span. j. psychol
; 13(2): 751-764, nov. 2010. tab, ilus
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in English
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ABSTRACT
On the basis of a comparative, descriptive, cross-sectional study, our aim was to determine differential traits of adolescent offenders with respect to personality traits, feelings of guilt, level of anger, and coping strategies. 128 adolescent residents of Barcelona (86 high school students and 42 young inmates aged between 16 and 18 years) replied to a variety of questionnaires (SC-35, EPQ-R, STAXI, ACS). Significant differences between the two groups were found. Young offenders present higher levels of guilt feelings, neuroticism, psychoticism, and trait anger. They also tend to repress their anger or, on the contrary, express it verbally and physically and use passive or avoidance coping strategies. Education and psychological therapy focussed on guilt may contribute to reduce recidivism (AU)
RESUMEN
A partir de un estudio comparativo, descriptivo y transversal, se pretende conocer algunos rasgos diferenciales de adolescentes infractores en relación a la personalidad, el sentimiento de culpa, el nivel de ira y las estrategias de afrontamiento. Se administraron el SC-35, el EPQ-R, el STAXI y el ACS a 128 adolescentes de Barcelona (86 estudiantes y 42 infractores institucionalizados, de edades comprendidas entre los 16 y 18 años). Se observaron diferencias significativas entre los grupos estudiados. Los jóvenes infractores presentan niveles más elevados de culpa, neuroticismo, psicoticismo e ira rasgo. Así mismo, tienden a reprimir la ira o, por el contrario, a expresarla verbal y físicamente y acostumbran a utilizar estrategias de afrontamiento pasivas o de carácter evitativo. El trabajo psicológico y educativo sobre la culpa puede reducir la reincidencia (AU)
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Collection:
National databases
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Spain
Health context:
Sustainable Health Agenda for the Americas
Health problem:
Goal 9: Noncommunicable diseases and mental health
Database:
IBECS
Main subject:
Personality Disorders
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Guilt
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Juvenile Delinquency
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Anger
Type of study:
Controlled clinical trial
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Observational study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Span. j. psychol
Year:
2010
Document type:
Article
Institution/Affiliation country:
Centre Educatiu Els Til·lers/Spain
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Universitat Ramon Llull/Spain