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KMID : 0389420100180010029
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Korean Journal of Stress Research
2010 Volume.18 No. 1 p.29 ~ p.39
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The Comparison of the Emotion and Self-Concept between the Juvenile Delinquents and the Ordinary Adolescents
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Park Ji-Sun
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Abstract
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This study compared emotional experiences and self-concept of 629 juvenile delinquents and ordinary adolescents. In result, first, juvenile delinquents had less positive emotional experiences and most negative emotional experiences than ordinary adolescents. Second, affect intensity, which measures the degree of emotional experience, was higher for ordinary adolescents than juvenile delinquents. The difference was particularly noticeable in positive emotion intensity. Third, ordinary adolescents showed stronger belief to regulate negative emotions than juvenile delinquents and used more cognitive reinterpretation strategies that helped their emotion regulation. Last, in terms of self-concepts, there was no significant difference between juvenile delinquents and ordinary adolescents, but within the juvenile delinquent group, male students showed better self-concepts than female students. In sum, juvenile delinquents and ordinary adolescents showed significant differences in positive and negative emotional experiences, affect intensity, belief to regulate negative emotions, and cognitive reinterpretation strategies for emotion regulation. However, no significant difference was found in self-concepts. The significances and limitations of this study were discussed based on these findings.
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KEYWORD
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Emotional experience, Affect intensity, Belief to regulate negative emotions, Cognitive reinterpretation, Self-concept
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