Abstract:The goals of this study were to develop an objective method for discriminating delinquent from non-delinquent adolescents and to describe personal and social differences between the rwo groups. 493 adolescents were tested. A discriminant function using variables from che Color Pyramid Test, the High School Personality Questionnaire, and some academic and demographic variables achieved statistically significant discrimination approximating the "hit" rates of other studies. However, the proportion of false posit… Show more
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