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Prediction of Juvenile Delinquency based on Individual Vulnerability and the Risk Opportunity in the Family, Peers, School and Neighborhood in High Schools in Tehran

Mojtaba Habibi, Nikzad Ghanbari, Moloud Sivandian, Hanieh Mahdizadeh Hanjani,
Volume 21, Issue 5 (10-2018)

Abstract

Background and Aim: Present study was conducted to investigate the prediction of juvenile delinquency based on individual vulnerability and the risk opportunity in the family, peers, school and neighborhood in high schools in Tehran
Materials and Methods: This is a coss-sectional study. The statistical population of this study included all the female and male students of 20 districts of Tehran who were studying in high school during the academic year 2013-2014. The sample size of the study was 1847 individuals (946 (51.2%) girls and 901 (48.8%) boys). The sampling was performed in a multi-stage cluster method due to the extent of the population, and the participants of this study completed the socio-mental protective and risk factors and behaviors scale. Data were analyzed using multiple regression analysis, stepwise method, and SPSS-24 statistical software.
Findings: Results of present study showed that among predictor variables, risk opportunity/availability (B=0.67, t=13.28, p<0.001), vulnerability/family (B=0.37, t=8.57, p<0.001), and vulnerability/school (B=1.14, t=6.7, p<0.001) have significant prediction effect on adjusted index of adolescents’ delinquent behavior, also adolescent boys do more delinquent behavior than girls (t (1823) =4.82, p<0. 01).
Conclusion: This study showed that the individual vulnerability and risk opportunity in the family, peers, school and neighborhood predict delinquent behavior in adolescents. So, it is necessary to take preventive measures and interventions for this age group, risk factors should be considered at individual, school and family levels.

Modeling the Structural Equations of Extraversion and Conduct Disorder with the Mediating Role of Moral Intelligence in Juveniles of Correctional Center

Marzieh Ganjavi, Alireza Manzari Tavakoli, Zahra Zeinaddiny Meimand,
Volume 27, Issue 3 (7-2024)

Abstract

Introduction: Delinquency is a serious challenge for teenagers and has significant negative social effects. The main goal of this research was to find out the structural equation modeling of extraversion and delinquent behavior disorder: the mediating role of moral intelligence among the juveniles of Kerman Correctional Center.
Methods: This was a descriptive correlational research of structural equation model type. The statistical population of this research was made up of 80 juveniles of Kerman Correctional Center, who were selected and studied by simple random sampling using Morgan's table. To collect information, Hans Eysenck's (1963) Personality Type Questionnaire, Goodman's Conduct Disorder Questionnaire (1997), Aiti Juvenile Delinquency Questionnaire (2013) and Link and Keel's Moral Intelligence Questionnaire (2005) were used. Descriptive and inferential statistics (structural equation modeling) were used for data analysis through SPSS-28 and Smart PLS-3 software.
Results: The results of this research showed that there is a direct and positive relationship between extraversion and juvenile delinquency. There is a significant direct and positive relationship between conduct disorder and juvenile delinquency. There is a direct and positive relationship between extroversion and moral intelligence of teenagers. There is a significant direct and negative relationship between conduct disorder and moral intelligence of adolescents. There is a direct negative relationship between moral intelligence and delinquency. There was no relationship between extraversion and juvenile delinquency as a mediator of moral intelligence. There was no relationship between conduct disorder and juvenile delinquency with the mediating role of moral intelligence.
Conclusions: According to the results, it can be acknowledged that moral intelligence is an effective component of delinquency affected by extroversion and behavior disorder in teenagers. Therefore, education and training programs should be implemented to strengthen moral intelligence in schools and families, because these programs can strengthen moral skills and moral decision-making power in teenagers and help reduce behavioral disorders and, as a result, delinquency.

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