Relationship between Social Desirability and Self-Criticism in Subgroups of Male and Female Delinquents and Non-Delinquents

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ID13669751
AuthorsIsidore E Eyo (University of Nigeria Nsukka, corresponding author)
Year1981
Volume49
Issue3
Pages711-716
Publication date1981-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePsychological Reports (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0033-2941 • E-ISSN: 1558-691X
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2466/pr0.1981.49.3.711
PMID7330141
OpenAlexW1995871812
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited10

90 male and 37 female delinquents and 121 male and 87 female non-delinquents were administered measures of social desirability and self-criticism/defensiveness to test the hypothesis that the relationship between social desirability and self-criticism/defensiveness would be weaker for delinquents than for non-delinquents, which signals stronger pathologically defensive tendencies in delinquents than in non-delinquents. The hypothesis was very strongly supported for male delinquents, male non-delinquents, and female non-delinquents in upper-middle and middle classes but not for female delinquents and female non-delinquents in lower-middle and working classes. Therapeutic and child-rearing implications were indicated. It was concluded that social desirability scales can be used to differentiate individuals with pathologically defensive or hyper-self-critical tendencies from individuals with non-pathologically defensive tendencies

Criticism · Developmental psychology · Juvenile delinquency · Social desirability · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Clinical Psychology · Psychology · Social Psychology

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