Citation

Slawson J. J. Abnorm. Psychol. Soc. Psychology 1925; 20(3): 261-281.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1925, R.G. Badger)

DOI

10.1037/h0071123

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

There appears to be an intimate association between defective emotional make-up, as judged by the psychoneurotic responses made to the questions on the Mathews adaptation of the Woodworth Psychoneurotic Inventory, and male juvenile delinquency. "The detailed findings resulting from the individual analysis of the psychoneurotic symptoms should be an aid in the formulation of therapeutic measures and procedures for research work on the emotional aspects of juvenile delinquency. The utilization of an improved form of this questionnaire in public schools will aid in the detection of emotional and temperamental aberrations in their incipiency, thereby making it possible to curb delinquent tendencies resulting from the development and intensification of such abnormalities with age . . . The Reformatory must provide proper treatment for the large proportion of its subjects showing emotional aberrations if it wishes to claim any reformative efficacy." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved)