Predicting the Role of Emotional and Behavioral Problems on Delinquent Tendencies in Adolescents
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The current study aims to investigate the relationship between emotional and behavioral problems and delinquent tendencies in adolescents. It was hypothesized that there is a significant relationship between emotional and behavioral problem with delinquent tendencies in adolescents. Purposive convenient sampling was used to select the 225 participants between the ages 12-19 years. The participants were selected from private and government institutes in Karachi city. Emotional and behavioral problems were measured through indigenously developed scale School Children Problem Scale SCPS (Saleem & Mahmood, 2011), whereas Delinquent tendencies were assessed using the Self-Report Delinquency Scale SRDS (Irum Naqvi & Anila Kamal, 2008). A Pearson correlation analysis showed that a significant moderate relationship exists between emotional and behavioral problems and delinquent tendencies in adolescents. Further suggestion and implications for future researches were also discussed.
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