title: Social cognitive skills and behavioural adjustment of delinquent adolescents in treatment.
abstract: Social cognitive skills (i.e. problem-solving, self-control, locus of control, rational attributions) were examined in aggressive and non-aggressive delinquent youths at two levels of behavioural functioning (high versus low). Behavioural functioning was defined in terms of the youths' standing within a 10-level behavioural token economy programme. Inventories and questionnaires were used to measure the skills of interest. A significant interaction was found on problem-solving skills, with higher functioning, non-aggressive youths performing better than their lower functioning counterparts, while no differences occurred within the aggressive groups. No differences were obtained on the other measures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Educational Psychology, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53201.
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Hains
authors.forename: L P
authors.initials: LP
authors.lastname: Herrman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D001521:Behavior Therapy; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D010553:Personality Development; D010556:Personality Tests; D011340:Problem Solving; D012114:Residential Treatment; D012649:Self Concept; D012917:Social Adjustment; D014040:Token Economy