The relationship between the theory of mind ability and social adjustment in early-onset and late-onset delinquency
| Autor: | Ju-Ying Chen, 陳如瑩 |
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| Rok vydání: | 2009 |
| Druh dokumentu: | 學位論文 ; thesis |
| Popis: | 97 Background and purpose During last decades, juvenile delinquency has become diversified, collective, violent, morbid, and hedonic. The issue has draw extensive attention from scholars, based on a development perspective, concluded two different types of juvenile delinquency: early and late starters. These two types are distinguished because of their contributing factors and courses. On the basis of available research, the researcher found that the relationship between juvenile delinquency and theory of mind is not clear yet. The researcher would like to know if juvenile delinquents’ misbehaviors and social maladjustment are related to an underlying deficiency of theory of mind which may also affect their social adjustment. The researcher conducted theory of mind tasks to examine the relationship between theory of mind and social adjustment from two groups of juvenile delinquents. Method The data was collected from Young Offenders Institute. There are 34 male delinquents, above 16 and under 18, participated in this research. 16 early starters and 18 late starters were selected by Abnormal and Delinquency Behavior Questionnaire. Controlling the IQ, the researcher used three false belief tasks to examine teenager delinquents’ theory of mind. After this, the researcher conducted Aggressive Scale and Interpersonal Interaction Model Scale in order to infer the correlation between theory of mind’s performance and social adjustment. Results The result indicated that there was no significant difference between early and late starters in three theory of mind tasks. This showed that the theory of mind from early and late starters were fairly the same. Both early and late starters had abilities to conjecture others thoughts and emotions. However, the correlation between the theory of mind and social adjustment was poor. The only significant result was found among the Strange Stories and teenager delinquents’ attacking behaviors Discussion The finding suggested that abilities of theory of mind of early starters and late starters were similar. Nevertheless, more researches are needed to decide if developmental qualities belong to nasty mind. |
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