Psychosocial risk factors of aggressive youth behaviors

• Authors: Więcek-Durańska, Anna

Abstracts

EN

An issue of aggressive behaviors performed by the youth is current and undertaken by numerous researchers, among others in psychology, pedagogy, and law. The research conducted is not only of a cognitive character but it also is connected with attempts of creating a social policy, which will allow to restrict such behaviors. Depending on a leading research trend, reasons of aggressive behaviors of the youth are being searched for in various life domains. The article presents results of empirical studies trying to characterize the so-called risk factors of aggressive behaviors of the youth. It should be underlined, that the results presented have specific character, because they refer to chosen aggressive behaviors, which are also acts against the law. In order to obtain a broader picture of the phenomenon and for comparative reasons, apart from aggressive actions of the youth, acts against property were also analyzed. Some adolescents were also included in the study, who did not have criminal record. The experiment’s main aim was to diagnose chosen aggressive and violent behaviors among the youth aged between 15 and 19 years old. The obtained results allowed to distinguish some personality traits characterizing students who engage in aggressive behaviors.

Keywords

EN

risk factors; aggressive behaviors among the youth; juvenile; criminal acts

• Publisher: Akademia Pedagogiki Specjalnej im. Marii Grzegorzewskiej. Wydawnictwo APS
• Journal: Psychologia Wychowawcza
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 56(14)
• Pages: 107-133

Dates

published

2019-08-20

Contributors

author

Więcek-Durańska, Anna