Aspects Regarding the Relationship between Aggression and Juvenile Delinquency
Aspects Regarding the Relationship between Aggression and Juvenile Delinquency

Summary/Abstract: Through our study we sought to explore the relationships between parental rearing styles, early maladaptive schemas and aggression at adolescents who have committed offenses punishable under the criminal law for which it was disposed the measure of admission into a rehabilitation center. We used a sample formed by 21 male juvenile, with ages between 15 and 18, who committed offences punishable under the criminal law and thus are now admitted to a juvenile rehabilitation center from Romania. The working instruments used in this study were the: Aggression Questionnaire (AQ), authors A. H. Buss, M. Perry, Young Schema Questionnaire – short version 3 (YSQ-S3), authors Young and Brown, Egna Minnen Betraffande Uppforstran (EMBU) Inventory, authors Carlo Perris and collaborators, Violence Risk Appraisal Guide (VRAG), authors Quinsey and collaborators. Regarding the destructive oriented behaviours adopted by the juvenile investigated through our study, we observed that their aggression is associated with certain parental rearings styles that refer to emotional warmth, overprotection, rejection from both parents. Our data indicate certain significant correlations between the measured dimensions of aggression and some early maladaptive schemas at the juveniles admitted to the rehabilitation center. About the tendency of these adolescents to commit violent acts in the future, the parental rearing styles do not appear to be a predictor of such criminal relapses. The expectation that one’s desire for a normal degree of emotional support – attention, understanding, strength – will not be adequately met by others is associated with an increased risk to manifest violent behaviour in the future at the juveniles included in our study.

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