Values and Antisocial Behavior Among Spanish Adolescents |
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Authors: | Estrella Romero Jorge Sobral M Angeles Luengo José A Marzoa |
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Institution: | 1. Department of Clinical Psychology , University of Santiago de Compostela , Spain;2. Department of Social Psychology , University of Santiago de Compostela , Spain |
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Abstract: | 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. |
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Keywords: | adolescents delinquency institutionalization values |
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