Adolescent reputation enhancement: Differentiating delinquent, nondelinquent, and at-risk youths

Citation
A. Carroll et al., Adolescent reputation enhancement: Differentiating delinquent, nondelinquent, and at-risk youths, J CHILD PSY, 40(4), 1999, pp. 593-606
Citations number
56
Language
INGLESE
art.tipo
Article
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry
Journal title
JOURNAL OF CHILD PSYCHOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY AND ALLIED DISCIPLINES
ISSN journal
0021-9630 → ACNP
Volume
40
Issue
4
Year of publication
1999
Pages
593 - 606
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9630(199905)40:4<593:AREDDN>2.0.ZU;2-W
Abstract
This research reports the findings of two studies conducted to measure and then investigate differences between delinquent, nondelinquent, and at-risk youths' orientations towards reputation enhancement. In the first study, c oncerning item selection and scale development, the factor structure and co ntent validity of a potential Reputation Enhancement Scale were tested by e xamining the item responses of the scale completed by 230 high-school stude nts. In the second study, the scale was validated by comparing the item res ponses of 80 delinquent, 90 at-risk, and 90 nondelinquent adolescents with the responses of the original students. The instrument was found to be reli able (alphas from .64 to .92), indicating that the factors are dependable a cross different samples, and the coefficients of congruence were sufficient ly high to investigate meaningful group differences. Three second-order fac tors (Conforming Reputation, Nonconforming Reputation, Self-presentation) w ere derived from the 15 first-order factors. Although multivariate analyses revealed significant differences between the reputational orientations of delinquent, at-risk, and nondelinquent participants, the self-presentation second-order factor did not differentiate the three groups.