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Achievement Motivation and Delinquency
Author(s) -
TUTT N. S.
Publication year - 1973
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1973.tb00062.x
Subject(s) - juvenile delinquency , psychology , relevance (law) , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , population , medicine , environmental health , political science , law
A survey aimed at measuring the levels of achievement motivation in a population of a Home Office approved school ( n = 94) and their matched controls showed that the delinquent boys scored significantly lower than their controls. This finding was further supported by a standardized interview study of the eight highest and lowest scoring delinquents and controls ( n = 32). The significance of the results is discussed in terms of their relevance to current psychological and sociological explanations of delinquency.