Journal of Behavior in Clinical Psychology
Year:2007 | Volume:1 | Issue:4|Papers Count:8

The current study deals with the effect of familial, social and personal-cognitive characteristic of individual in developing juvenile delinquency. In so doing, 180 teenagers (90 delinquent individuals and 90 normal individuals) were selected by cluster sampling method and were given a test. The result of the study showed that there were significant differences between delinquent and normal teenagers.

In this study, in order to investigate personality traits of runaway girls, 50 runaway girls and 50 normal girls were selected and put to test. The results of the study showed that there were differences between the scores of runaway and normal girls in terms of hypochondria, denial, interpersonal problems, anxiety, self humiliation and aberration.

A Mental Profile who suffered sexual abuse was selected in Tehran Coroner Office and was investigate by MMPI questionnaire in order to study their mental profile. The results indicated the formation of a model of confession to emotional problems and help request in L-F-K scales. The findings indicate that the victims generally suffer interpretable elevation in scales of hypochondria, aberration, paranoia and schizophrenia.

The purpose of this study is to compare the family and cultural factors among the runaway and normal girls. To do this, 30 runaway girls from girls staying in the City Method Center in Tehran and 30 normal girls from different school areas were selected and studied. The results indicate that the relationship with parents, having problem with them, sexual harassment, mental disorders, making sexual relations and educational problems is more frequent in the runaway girls than the normal girls.

The main purpose of this study is to investigate the social, financial and family condition of the women prostitutes in Tehran. The sample of the study includes 105 women prostitutes who were surveyed by simple random method and by using a research made questionnaire. The analysis of the results indicates that most of subjects are in a group of 12 to 19, are single, unemployed and drug user. They are interested in romance stories and they spend their free time for fun. They are not religious and they blame a lack of affections and improper family relations as the reasons for committing the crime.

In this study, 95 criminals woman (between the ages 20 to 40 years old) were chosen by access and were studied by sensation seeking  test in order to investigate the relationship between sensation seeking and the number of convictions. The findings indicate that the degree of sensation seeking of delinquents who were convicted for the first time is less for those who were convicted for the second and third time . While the degree of sensation seeking and the type of the crime does not bear any relationship, the major effect o the number of conviction is significant, but the major effect of the type of the crime, the counter effect of the number of convictions and the type of the crime together with sensation seeking is not significant.

In this study, 73 runaway girls living in the rehabilitation center of Tehran were selected through access and were investigated. The findings indicate that the runaway girls have a low degree of self-confidence, are not motivated, they feel low independency, are not strongly supported by their families, and they come from strict families.

In the present study the role of personality, environmental and problem solving factors in girl’s running away from home were investigated. To do so, 30 normal girls from schools and 30 runaway girls from the Rehabilitation Center in the Health House in Tehran were selected and investigated by using researcher made. Problem solving style and teenager’s personality questionnaires. The results indicate that the runaway girls and normal girls differ in terms of personality aspects, problem solving styles and there is a relationship between the runaway girls and their personality and problem solving styles.