Bad past, gloomy future: The trait emotional intelligence profile of juvenile offenders
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Milojević, SonjaAltaras Dimitrijević, Ana

Jolić Marjanović, Zorana

Dimitrijević, Aleksandar
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Low EI is claimed to be implicated in various maladaptive behaviors, including adolescent delinquency. In this study, we sought to establish whether juvenile delinquents are indeed lower on trait EI compared to their peers from the nonclinical population. Study participants were 45 convicted juvenile offenders (all male, M-age = 16.44) and 54 adolescents from the general population (all male, M-age = 14.24), equaling with respect to years of schooling. All participants completed the Serbian translation of the TEIQue-AF. According to the results of ANCOVAs, with age as the covariate, the delinquent group scored significantly lower on global trait EI, and on three out of its four factors: Emotionality, Well-being, and Self-control. Thus, the delinquents exhibit lower self-efficacy when it comes to perceiving, expressing, and regulating emotions, and are more likely to have a gloomy vision of their present and future. Implications for assessment and possible intervention programs are disc...ussed.
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Trait EI / TEIQue-AF / Juvenile offenders / Delinquency / AdolescentsSource:
Personality and Individual Differences, 2016, 94, 295-298Publisher:
- Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford
Funding / projects:
- Crime in Serbia: Phenomenology, Risks and Possibilities of Social Intervention (RS-47011)
- Identification, measurement and development of the cognitive and emotional competences important for a Europe-oriented society (RS-179018)
DOI: 10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.040
ISSN: 0191-8869
WoS: 000371936800047
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85000796967
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Psihologija / PsychologyTY - JOUR AU - Milojević, Sonja AU - Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana AU - Jolić Marjanović, Zorana AU - Dimitrijević, Aleksandar PY - 2016 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/2121 AB - Low EI is claimed to be implicated in various maladaptive behaviors, including adolescent delinquency. In this study, we sought to establish whether juvenile delinquents are indeed lower on trait EI compared to their peers from the nonclinical population. Study participants were 45 convicted juvenile offenders (all male, M-age = 16.44) and 54 adolescents from the general population (all male, M-age = 14.24), equaling with respect to years of schooling. All participants completed the Serbian translation of the TEIQue-AF. According to the results of ANCOVAs, with age as the covariate, the delinquent group scored significantly lower on global trait EI, and on three out of its four factors: Emotionality, Well-being, and Self-control. Thus, the delinquents exhibit lower self-efficacy when it comes to perceiving, expressing, and regulating emotions, and are more likely to have a gloomy vision of their present and future. Implications for assessment and possible intervention programs are discussed. PB - Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford T2 - Personality and Individual Differences T1 - Bad past, gloomy future: The trait emotional intelligence profile of juvenile offenders EP - 298 SP - 295 VL - 94 DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.040 ER -
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Milojević, S., Altaras Dimitrijević, A., Jolić Marjanović, Z.,& Dimitrijević, A.. (2016). Bad past, gloomy future: The trait emotional intelligence profile of juvenile offenders. in Personality and Individual Differences Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford., 94, 295-298. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.040
Milojević S, Altaras Dimitrijević A, Jolić Marjanović Z, Dimitrijević A. Bad past, gloomy future: The trait emotional intelligence profile of juvenile offenders. in Personality and Individual Differences. 2016;94:295-298. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.040 .
Milojević, Sonja, Altaras Dimitrijević, Ana, Jolić Marjanović, Zorana, Dimitrijević, Aleksandar, "Bad past, gloomy future: The trait emotional intelligence profile of juvenile offenders" in Personality and Individual Differences, 94 (2016):295-298, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2016.01.040 . .