16–18 metų delinkventinio elgesio paauglių savivertės ir vidinės darnos ypatumai
Peculiarities of Self-Esteem and Sense of Coherence of 16-18 Years Old Delinquent Adolescents

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the topic of self-esteem and sense of coherence in 16–18 year delinquent adolescents. Self-esteem scale by D.Beresnevičienė (1995) and Sense of Coherence scale (short version) by A. Antonovsky (1995) were used as evaluational tools. 100 adolescents with normal (48 boys, 52 girls) and 100 adolescents with delinquent (69 boys, 31 girls) behavior took part in the survey. It is found that self-esteem of delinquent boys is lower than delinquent girls and non-delinquent boys. Delinquent boys feel themselves as less strong (p = 0,031), clever (p = 0,029), happy (0,046) and quiet (0,0001) than non-delinquent. Delinquent girls think they are less beautiful (p = 0,001) and quiet (p = 0,0001) but more strong (0,004) and cheerful (p = 0,003) than non-delinquent. Both delinquent boys and girls think they are less quiet (p = 0,0001) and happy (p = 0,04) and more cheerful (p = 0,0001) and friendly (p = 0,003) than non-delinquent. The results of research showed that sense of coherence of the delinquent adolescents–girls is weaker than delinquent boys and non-delinquent girls (p = 0,034) by the SOC component “comprehensibility”. Delinquent boys have higher level of SOC than non-delinquent (p = 0,038) and their meaningfulness is higher also (p = 0,002). Got data can be useful for teachers and psychologists working with delinquent adolescents.

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