The determinants of adolescents’ deviant behaviours

Rodica Gabriela Enache,Sorina Bîrsan

doi:10.47577/tssj.v15i1.2401

Abstract

Deviance is a fundamental social construct because the members of society interpret its meaning and attribute its meaning to it. In our research we described the causes that determine deviance (juvenile delinquency): internal/individual causes and external / social causes. The purpose of the research was to make a comparison between the psychological problems of institutionalized adolescents with deviant behaviour and those of non-institutionalized adolescents with deviant behaviour.

Highlights

In DSM-V antisocial characteristics can be identified as impulse control, disruptive conduct disorders, which can determine whether individuals will act with anger or aggression toward other individuals or their property
“The scale comprises of 115 items, distributed in 12 clinical subscales and 2 subscales for the validity of the answers, as follows: Conduct Disorder (CND) - 15 items, Challenging Opposition Disorder (TOP) - 9 items, Substance Addiction (SUB) - 9 items, Predisposition to violence / anger (PVF) - 14 items, School problems (PS) - 9 items, Generalized Anxiety (GA) - 11 items, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) - 11 items, Major Depressive Disorder (PAD) - 14 items, Disorder (TA) - 8 items, Suicide (SUI) - 6 items, Self-perception (CS) - 9 items, Interpersonal problems (IP) - 11 items, Defensive attitude (DEF) - 6 items, Consistency of answers (CR) - 14 items
The twenty-six critical items are distributed in the corresponding APS - SF pathways, namely: conduct disorder, substance addiction, post-traumatic stress, major depressive disorder, eating disorder, predisposition to violence/anger, school problems, suicide and interpersonal problems

Summary

Introduction

In DSM-V antisocial characteristics can be identified as impulse control, disruptive conduct disorders, which can determine whether individuals will act with anger or aggression toward other individuals or their property. Keil and Price (2006) analysed information from the literature related to the prevalence of outsourced behaviour in community samples in school-age children and adolescents, as well as from studies on institutionalized children. The percentage was 7-20% while institutionalized children were twice as likely to have problems with outsourced behaviour. In the study conducted by Simsek, Erol, Öztop and Münir (2007), the prevalence of internalized behaviour was more than double in children in orphanages compared to children who were never institutionalized; 9.3% in the community versus 22.7% in orphanages. The causes that determine deviance (juvenile delinquency) can be divided into two categories:

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