PARENTAL REARING AND PROBLEM BEHAVIORS IN MALE DELINQUENT ADOLESCENTSVERSUS CONTROLS IN NORTHERN RUSSIA

The purpose of this study was to investigate possible relationships be tween parental rearing practices and problem behaviours in a sample of male delinquent adolescents versus controls. A total of 133 subjects from a juvenile correction centre and 108 matched schoolchildren in th e Arkhangelsk region, Russia, were assessed by means of the EMBU quest ionnaire and Youth Self-Report. Delinquents were more severely treated by parents and had more pronounced problem scores. Furthermore, probl em scores were found to be highly correlated with parental rejection a nd lack of emotional warmth in both delinquents and controls. Parental rearing practices may influence the development of problem behaviours . The implications of these findings with regard to preventive measure s are discussed.