 A structural model of causal influence between aggression and psychological traits: Survey of female correctional facility in JapanNaomi Matsuura, Toshiaki Hashimoto and Motomi Toichi Children and Youth Services Review, 2009, vol. 31, issue 5, 577-583 Abstract: The purpose of this study was to survey and clarify the characteristics of self-esteem, aggressiveness, AD/HD symptoms, and ACE in inmates of a female juvenile correctional facility and age- and gender-matched controls, analyze relationships among factors, and establish a causal model. The subjects were 41 juvenile (all females) admitted to "A" female juvenile correctional facility, aged 15-18. Average students at an average high school were used as the control group. The inmate group showed markedly lower levels of self-esteem but no difference in aggressiveness compared with the control group. Results of AD/HD youth self report suggested marked AD/HD symptoms in the inmate group even in the primary school period. Multidimensional factors correlated with their aggression. There was a possibility that low self-esteem, a high AD/HD-YSR score, and high ACE score increase aggressiveness. Keywords: Juvenile; training; facility; Self-esteem; Aggression; Adverse; childhood; experiences; (ACE); AD/HD; Self-report (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:cysrev:v:31:y:2009:i:5:p:577-583 Access Statistics for this article Children and Youth Services Review is currently edited by Duncan Lindsey More articles in Children and Youth Services Review from Elsevier |
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