Social competence and sociomoral reasoning in young offenders

✍ Scribed by Emma J. Palmer; Clive R. Hollin

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1999
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 105 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0888-4080
• DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1099-0720(199902)13:1<79::aid-acp613>3.0.co;2-q

✦ Synopsis

This study considers the relationship between social competence, sociomoral reasoning, and self-reported delinquency in a sample of convicted young oenders. Correlations across these factors showed that social competence was signi®cantly related to delinquency. This ®nding was corroborated by multiple regression, which showed that social competence was the most signi®cant predictor of self-reported delinquency.