ARTICLE INFO

Article Type

Descriptive & Survey Study

Authors

Khalili Geshnigani   Z. (1)
Alipour   K. (1)
Mirderikvand   F. (*)
Tavakolinia   S. (2)






(*) Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran
(1) Department of Educational Psychology, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, Lorestan University, Khoramabad, Iran
(2) Department of General Psychology, Faculty of Literature & Humanities, Boroujerd Branch, Islamic Azad University, Boroujerd, Iran

Correspondence


Article History

Received:   November  20, 2018
Accepted:   May 12, 2018
ePublished:   June 29, 2018

ABSTRACT

Aims Juvenile delinquency has long been of interest to researchers as a behavioral disorder. The purpose of this study was to compare the sensation and paranoid features in delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents.
Instrument & Methods This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in 2016 .The research society was all delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents in Khorramabad, Iran, that finally 30 juvenile delinquents and 30 non-delinquents were selected as samples by multi-stage random sampling. Scl-90-R and Zuckerman Sensation Seeking questionnaires were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance and t-test of independent groups in SPSS 24 software.
Findings The mean scores of sensation in delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents were 31.43±3.53 and 13.83±2.15 and the results of multivariate analysis of variance indicated that the differences between these scores were significant (F=2; p<0.01). Independent t-test results on paranoid characteristics showed that this index was significantly different among delinquent and non-delinquent adolescents (t=9.53; p<0.01).
Conclusion Sensation and paranoid features in delinquent adolescents are higher than non-delinquent adolescents.


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