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Peer reviewedDiaz, Amelia; And Others – Personality and Individual Differences, 1994
Three personality questionnaires were completed by 122 delinquent and 421 nondelinquent adolescents in Valencia, Spain. Delinquents scored higher than nondelinquents on factors of dogmatism, neuroticism, and criminal propensity and lower than nondelinquents on intelligence. Neuroticism was the best predictor of delinquency for females. (BC)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Criminals, Delinquency, Dogmatism


