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COMPARATIVE STUDY OF PERSONALITY OF JUVENILE DELINQUENT AND NORMAL CHILDREN

Nidhi Jani

Volume: 2 Issue: 4 2012

Abstract:

The main purpose of the present research is to study and compare various personality factors of juvenile delinquent and normal children. The sample of 30 delinquent and 30 normal children were selected. Delinquent children were selected from remand homes of North Gujarat region. The age range of the children was 10 to 15 years. Children personality Questionnaire by S.D. Kapoor and Sardamba Rao was used for data collection. To analyze the data ‘t’ test was used. Results reveals that delinquent children found to be less-intelligent, Emotionally instable, Inactive, Sober, Disregards rules, Zestful, self-assured and uncontrolled by getting low score as compared to normal children. The delinquent children shown lower, mental capacity, lower ego strength, takes group action, careless of social rules

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