Values and antisocial behavior among Spanish adolescents.
A number of studies have indicated that delinquent adolescents have characteristic value systems. However, most of these studies have adopted a "known-groups" design--that is, they have compared institutionalized delinquents and non-institutionalized adolescents, assuming those adolescents to be non-delinquent. Designs of this type do not distinguish effectively between the statistical effects of delinquency and of institutionalization. In this study, the authors investigated relationships between values and self-reported antisocial behavior in three adolescent groups: 435 school-attending boys, 529 school-attending girls, and 95 delinquent boys in juvenile rehabilitation centers or prisons. The results indicate that antisocial behavior is associated with hedonistic values and a lack of interest in conventional values and social values. These relationships cannot be explained by the institutionalization effects.
Romero
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Department of Clinical Psychology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
Sobral
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Luengo
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Marzoa
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D000293:Adolescent; D000299:Adolescent, Institutionalized / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008297:Male; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D012945:Social Values; D013030:Spain; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data