The relationship between adolescent attitudes towards authority, self-concept, and delinquency.
Attitudes towards authority of youth and adults have been investigated in recent years in a number of Western countries. The present research focused on attitudes towards institutional authority among three groups of adolescents: nondelinquents, noninstitutionalized delinquents, and institutionalized delinquents. Relationships with self-concept were also investigated. It was found that attitudes towards parents, teachers, police, and the law were, in general, positive. Nondelinquents' attitudes were more positive than those of delinquents.
Levy
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Department of Justice and Attorney-General, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
D000293:Adolescent; D001290:Attitude; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D007389:Internal-External Control; D007604:Juvenile Delinquency / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D011793:Queensland; D012649:Self Concept; D012926:Social Control, Formal; D012927:Social Control, Informal