In this study, it was aimed to reveal the psychopathological characteristics of the working adolescents and the juvenile delinpuents through the MMPI test.
The subjects of the study were 203 male delinquents and 98 female delinquents, 109 malemale ...
In this study, it was aimed to reveal the psychopathological characteristics of the working adolescents and the juvenile delinpuents through the MMPI test.
The subjects of the study were 203 male delinquents and 98 female delinquents, 109 malemale working adolescents and 90 female working adolescents.
MMPI test was hiven to all 500 adolescents.
The results were as follows:
1. F, Pa, Pt, and si scale were the high scores in the working adolescents and the delinquents compared with the normal akolescents. Between the working akolescents and the delinquents, the scores in these scales were higher for the delinquents than for the working akolescents, especially the Sc score.
2. In the delinquency, the delinquency sxale and the psychopathological scale, (critical itens), the scores for the delinquents were higher, and the scores for the working akolescents were also suggestive that the working group may have more problens than the normal adolescents.
3. fifty sevenpoint six percentage of the male delinquents and 29.4% of the male working adolescents were expected doing misdemeanour and for the female, 68.4% of the delinquents and 30.0% of the working group were expected doing so.
4. For the males, there is no difference in the frequency ratio of the psychopathological seriousness for the non expected delinquency group and the expected delinquency group respectively.
But for the females, the psychopathological seriousness were the high scores for the non expected delinquency group.
5. from the previous results, it could be surmised that the working akolescents may have the delinquency and the psychopathological seriousness and that for the delinquents, the delinquency is remarkable at first but the psychopathological seriousness is a more important factor of their misdemeanour. Especially for the females, their psychopathological problems effected their misdeeds more than for the males.