PSYCHOSOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS OF SPANISH A DOLESCENTS

This article summarizes the conclusions of our research on adolescence in Spain. We intented to establish the behavioral patterns-global and differential- in the main field of social life, the relationships of adolescents with their groups, the determinant factors of their antiso cial behaviours and, generally, their perception of social reality. Sa mple size,representative of the Spanish population, was 7580 subjects. We have considered a set of social and demographic outstanding variab les and have used a great number of questionnaires and scales to measu re our psychological and social dimensions.