Retardo de la gratificación y autocontrol en jóvenes antisocialesCaracterísticas asocaidas al género

Résumé

In this investigation, the relationship between antisocial behavior in adolescents and various aspects of personal control is analyzed. Two instruments were administered to 324 young people (167 boys and 157 girls): Seisdedos’ (1987) Antisocial and Criminal Behavior Scale A-D, to evaluate socially disorientated behavior, and the Infantile and Adolescent Self-Control Questionnaire, CACIA; Capafons y Silva, (1986), a personal self-assessment scale that evaluates four dimensions of personal control and indicates adolescents’ ability to self-evaluate themselves, delay gratification, endure negative situations, and use self-rewards and punishments. The results show significant statistical relationships between socially maladaptive behavior and the self-control components evaluated. The most deficient variable in these young people was their ability to delay gratification, which was established as the only aspect of personal self-regulation that predicted antisocial and criminal behavior among the girls. With regard to the boys, three variables were significant: in addition to their lack of delayed gratification, self-gratification problems, and the inability to endure painful and disagreeable situations were also observed.