Objectives:The purpose of this study was to compare the differences of parental rearing attitude
between incarcerated delinqent adolescents and adolescents attending school, in order to identifying
the relationships between delinquent behavior and p...
Objectives:The purpose of this study was to compare the differences of parental rearing attitude
between incarcerated delinqent adolescents and adolescents attending school, in order to identifying
the relationships between delinquent behavior and personality factors.
Methods :The subjects were composed of 94 incarcerated delinqent adolescents and 112
adolescents attending school. Subjects were required to complete self-report questionnare including
PBI and 16 PF.
Results:
In incarcerated delinqent adolescents, maternal care(MC) was significantly lower than in adolescents
attending school and paternal overprotection(PO) was significantly higher than in adolescents
attending school. Of the scores of 16 PF, incarcerated delinqent adolescents showed lower scores in
intelligence(B), guilt-proneness(O), liberalism(Q1), self-control(Q3), tension(Q4), anxiety(ANX),
superego(SUP) and creativity(CRE) than adolescents attending school. Of the correlation between the
scores of PBI and 16PF in incarcerated delinqent adolescents, each of superego(G), liberalism(Q1),
and superego(SUP) was negatively correlated with maternal overprotection. Liberalism(Q1) was
negatively correlated with paternal overprotection. Stableness(C) was positively correlated with
paternal care. Each of guilt-proneness(O), liberalism(Q1), self-sufficiency(Q2), tension(Q4), and
anxiety(ANX) was negatively correlated with paternal care. In adolescents attending school, groups
classified by parental bonding pattern indicated that optimal bonding group(Group I) was correlated
with more positive aspects of personality factors, and the affectionless control(group IV) was
correlated with more negative aspects of personality factors. In delinquent adolescents, however,
results didn’t match the above findings.
Conclusion:The parent-child bonding patterns of incarcerated delinqent adolescents were related
to multiple personality factors. In parental rearing of incarcerated delinqent adolescents, maternal
care(MC) was lower and paternal overprotection(PO) was higher than in adolescents attending school.
We suggest that personality factors of incarcerated delinqent adolescents are correlated with
delinquent behaviors. However, early parent-child bonding patterns do not seem to be correlated with
later personality development.