A Study on Personality Factors among Adolescents in Conflict-with-Law

Abstract

The origins of delinquent behavior occur in childhood by many factors like parenting style, role model in the society, socio-economic status of the individual, peer pressure, personality, impulsive nature of the individual, childhood trauma and emotional instability. On focusing the major factor such as personality in the development of delinquency behavior, the present study was framed. The objectives of this study were to assess the personality aspects and to find the association between personality factors with delinquency behavior of adolescents in conflict with law. The study was conducted among the Adolescents in conflict-with-law population in IMH and Kelly’s Juvenile home. First the adolescents were screened for Intellectual disability, 3 samples were rejected from the study since they come under the exclusion criteria. Then the samples were administered with 16 PF Questionnaires on a one-to-one basis. The data were collected and analyzed through descriptive statistics for frequency and percentage. Then one sample chi-square was used for statistical analysis. Results showed the significant association between the personality factors and delinquency behavior in adolescents in conflict with law.