TY - JOUR
T1 - Behaviour/emotional problems in male juvenile delinquents and controls in Russia
T2 - The role of personality traits
AU - Ruchkin, V. V.
AU - Eisemann, M.
AU - Cloninger, C. R.
PY - 1998
Y1 - 1998
N2 - Recent studies based on the psychobiological theory of personality by Cloninger postulate a relationship between certain personality traits and various psychopathological manifestations. To test this theory, we administered the Temperament and Character Inventory and the Youth Self- Report to 188 male delinquents from a juvenile correction centre in Northern Russia, and to 111 age-matched male controls recruited from among schoolchildren. As assumed by previous studies, psychological symptoms were primarily positively correlated with harm avoidance and negatively correlated with self-directedness. At the same time, the higher levels of aggressive and delinquent behaviour were positively correlated with novelty-seeking and negatively correlated with co-operativeness. The possible mechanisms underlying these findings are discussed.
AB - Recent studies based on the psychobiological theory of personality by Cloninger postulate a relationship between certain personality traits and various psychopathological manifestations. To test this theory, we administered the Temperament and Character Inventory and the Youth Self- Report to 188 male delinquents from a juvenile correction centre in Northern Russia, and to 111 age-matched male controls recruited from among schoolchildren. As assumed by previous studies, psychological symptoms were primarily positively correlated with harm avoidance and negatively correlated with self-directedness. At the same time, the higher levels of aggressive and delinquent behaviour were positively correlated with novelty-seeking and negatively correlated with co-operativeness. The possible mechanisms underlying these findings are discussed.
KW - Adolescence
KW - Personality
KW - Psychological problems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0031722621&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10073.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1998.tb10073.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 9761412
AN - SCOPUS:0031722621
VL - 98
SP - 231
EP - 236
JO - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
JF - Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica
SN - 0001-690X
IS - 3
ER -