Female adolescents identified with emotional disturbance and adjudicated female adolescents: A comparison of self-concepts.

This study addresses the academic, social, and self-image self-concepts of females ages 13-17 who are labeled emotionally and behaviorally disordered by their public school systems and are in residential treatment, and females ages 13-17 who are adjudicated, or labeled “juvenile offenders” and are involved with the juvenile justice system. The purpose of this study is to examine and compare the self-concepts of these populations of adolescent females. Research questions focus on whether or not there is a difference in the confidence scores of self-image, academic, and social self-concepts, the importance scores of self-image, academic, and social self-concepts, and the confidence composite and outcome composite scores among female adolescents according to whether or not the female is adjudicated. Results show no statistically significant differences on seven of the eight measures. On the eighth measure, a statistically significant difference was found, with the non-offenders having a higher Outcome Confidence Composite score than the offenders.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2007

Author dc:creator

• Christensen, Jennifer E.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Bullock, Lyndal M.
• Huffman, Jane B.
• Kinnison, Lloyd
• Combes, Bertina H.

• female
• adolescents
• adjudicated
• confidence scores
• self-concept
• Female juvenile delinquents -- United States -- Psychology.
• Self-perception in adolescence -- United States.
• Problem youth -- United States -- Psychology.
• Offenders with mental disabilities -- United States.
• Youth with mental disabilities -- United States.
• Teenage girls -- United States -- Psychology.

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Christensen, Jennifer E.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 179858623
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3689/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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