title: Validation of social self-esteem and an experimental index of delinquent behavior.
abstract: 30 male adolescents were administered a checklist of their delinquent behavior and the measure of social self-esteem designed by Ziller, Hagey, Smith, and Long (1969). A Pearson correlation of --.26 was found between self-esteem and scores on the delinquent behavior checklist. At a later session 18 of the subjects were assigned a puzzle-solving task which served as a measure of cheating. A significant relation between cheating scores and self-reported delinquent behavior indicated that the puzzle-solving task may be useful for measuring level of delinquency in an experimental setting.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005717:Games, Experimental; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency; D008297:Male; D011581:Psychological Tests; D012649:Self Concept; D012647:Self-Assessment; D012919:Social Behavior