Delinquency and Jesness Inventory Scores

Abstract

Investigated validity implications Of the Jesness Inventory for institutionalized mate adolescent delinquents This population showed deviant mean T scores on this inventory's Asocial Index (69.5) and on its Social Maladjustment (65.2) subscale Scores on 4 of the 10 subscales, Social Maladjustment, Value orientation, Autism, and Manifest Aggression, correlated positively (p < .0001) with both frequency of prior arrests and number of previous institutionalizations. This pattern of significant relationships is consistent with research reported in other studies and it was concluded that the present results provide additional support for the research and diagnostic uses Of this instrument in assessing adolescent social maladjustment.