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A factor analytic study of personality and intellectual variables in incarcerated delinquent males and females
Author(s) -
Eaker H. A.,
Allen S. S.,
Gray J.,
Heckel R. V.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
journal of clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.124
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1097-4679
pISSN - 0021-9762
DOI - 10.1002/1097-4679(198307)39:4<614::aid-jclp2270390428>3.0.co;2-n
Subject(s) - psychology , personality , population , juvenile delinquency , clinical psychology , developmental psychology , intellectual ability , psychiatry , cognition , social psychology , demography , sociology
A factor analysis of personality, intellectual, demographic and behavioral variables obtained from a randomly selected population ( N = 200) of incarcerated delinquents produced five factors with loadings that describe five personality groupings: The white offender with good verbal skills, the older adolescent offender with good verbal skills, the older adolescent offender, the institutional disrupter, and the anxious, verbal offender rated as “a good therapy risk.” Implications of the present research and suggested modifications of the screening battery utilized are discussed.