비행 유형에 따른 비행 청소년의 성격특성에 관한 연구

Abstract

There is a lot of existing research on the personality traits of juvenile delinquents through the Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI) and the Risk Assessment Instrument (RAI) by classifying them into criminal type. However, they sometimes show conflicting results. Those conflicts are caused from the simple classification of the groups by criminal types and the recklessness without consideration of the psychological characteristics of juvenile delinquency for convenience. Thus, the purpose of this study is to examine the personality traits with PAI and the risk assessment instrument. For this study, one hundred ninety-seven (197) juvenile delinquents are examined by visiting two police stations located in Gwangju, and they are divided into the interpersonal delinquency group and the property delinquency group based on the Object Relation Theory and existing research. The result of analyzing PAI shows that the score of the interpersonal delinquency group is significantly higher on the scale of Aggression (AGG), Dominance (DOM), Aggressive attitude (AGG-A), Verbal aggression (AGG-V), Physical aggression (AGG-P), Mania grandiosity (MAN-G), and Affective instability (BOR-A) than the property delinquency group. Moreover, the score of the property delinquency group indicates significantly higher on the scale of Antisocial behavior (ANT-A) and Persecution (PAR-P) than the interpersonal delinquency group. In regards to the result of analyzing the risk assessment instrument, the interpersonal delinquency group illustrates a significantly higher level in the functional role of family, delinquency experience, and environmental factor than the object delinquency group. Especially, the interpersonal delinquency group shows a higher level in the factors of family trouble, school adjustment, suspension from school, interpersonal damage, a delinquent item, responsibility, understanding a victim, recognition of result, an impulsive act, and anger experience. On the other hand, the object delinquency group shows a higher level in the factors of communal life after runaway from home, a goal plan, and alcohol or drug addiction. Based on the result of the research, it can be proved that interpersonal delinquency group expresses their unfilled desire caused by family trouble in an aggressive way, and their aggressive behavior has a negative effect on the juvenile school life, leading to egocentricity and exaggerated self-respect called grandiosity. The object delinquency group has an inclination not to admit their fault, lack of guilty conscience, excessive drinking, and possibility of unrevealed delinquency. Therefore, this study of the personality traits can be applied to the development of guidance programs to prevent second juvenile delinquency for the same delinquent type.