Family Environment as a Predictor of Adolescent Delinquency
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CJ203
Grantham University
Juvenile delinquency has been the subject of many studies over the past forty to fifty years. Each study has had a unique focus on different areas of delinquencies. This study “Family environment as a predictor of adolescent delinquency” (metherne, Thomas 2001) speaks about how the family environment effects the juvenile by researching different topics in family types and focusing on tradition versus nontraditional family environments.
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to divide juveniles into two groups. Those with a traditional family setting and those with a nontraditional family setting. While investigating the relationship between juvenile delinquents and the family environment. The study also focused on rather adaptability and cohesion was a variable in traditional and nontraditional families. The study performed provides a useful insight to counselor’s educators and parents to serve as an early starting point for intervention.
Participants
The Study gave focus to juveniles in the early teenage years. With focus on adolescence in ninth grade that were given a specific questionnaire to fill out which was the FACES III, and a demographic questionnaire. One hundred and twenty seven participants from a mid size public school participated with parental permission for the study. This allowed for researches to view the different family types unhindered.
Results
The studied was nearly fifty fifty by family type and showed distribution of twenty nine percent to both balance and extreme family types, with forty percent in the midrange. Out of the one hinders twenty seven students fifty were classified as nontraditional and seventy six as traditional types of family statuses. In traditional families there was no significant relationship between family type and cohesion and adaptability. However, in the non tradition family type there was significant difference between the two. The study also
CJ203
Grantham University
Juvenile delinquency has been the subject of many studies over the past forty to fifty years. Each study has had a unique focus on different areas of delinquencies. This study “Family environment as a predictor of adolescent delinquency” (metherne, Thomas 2001) speaks about how the family environment effects the juvenile by researching different topics in family types and focusing on tradition versus nontraditional family environments.
Purpose
The purpose of this study is to divide juveniles into two groups. Those with a traditional family setting and those with a nontraditional family setting. While investigating the relationship between juvenile delinquents and the family environment. The study also focused on rather adaptability and cohesion was a variable in traditional and nontraditional families. The study performed provides a useful insight to counselor’s educators and parents to serve as an early starting point for intervention.
Participants
The Study gave focus to juveniles in the early teenage years. With focus on adolescence in ninth grade that were given a specific questionnaire to fill out which was the FACES III, and a demographic questionnaire. One hundred and twenty seven participants from a mid size public school participated with parental permission for the study. This allowed for researches to view the different family types unhindered.
Results
The studied was nearly fifty fifty by family type and showed distribution of twenty nine percent to both balance and extreme family types, with forty percent in the midrange. Out of the one hinders twenty seven students fifty were classified as nontraditional and seventy six as traditional types of family statuses. In traditional families there was no significant relationship between family type and cohesion and adaptability. However, in the non tradition family type there was significant difference between the two. The study also