RT Article
T1 The relation between living group climate, aggression, and callous-unemotional traits in delinquent boys in detention
JF International journal of offender therapy and comparative criminology
VO 61
IS 15
SP 1701
OP 1718
A1 Heynen, Evelyn
LA English
YR 2017
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1580637329
AB Aggression and callous-unemotional (CU) traits are common problems in incarcerated delinquent youth. The present study was conducted to examine whether living group climate was associated with aggression and CU traits in late adolescent male offenders (N = 156) in a German youth prison. A structural equation model was fitted to the data and showed associations between repression and reactive aggression and CU traits, but no associations between an open and supportive living group climate and aggression and CU traits. Previous research in Dutch youth prisons did not find a relation between repression and aggression, but a relation between a positive living group climate and less aggression. These different findings may reflect differences in the German and Dutch prison system. Implications for practice are discussed.
K1 Living group climate
K1 Aggression
K1 CU traits
K1 Youth detention
K1 Aggressivität
K1 Arrest
K1 Jugendliche
K1 Wohngruppe
K1 Beziehung
DO 10.1177/0306624X16630543