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Goals during adolescence and their relationship with antisocial behavior
Laura López-Romero1, Estrella Romero
1Departmento de Psicología Clínica y Psicobiología, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Facultad de Psicología, Campus Sur. 15782 Santiago de Compostela, La Coruña, Spain. laulpromero@gmail.com
The Spanish Journal of Psychology
|May 20, 2010
Summary
Adolescent goals, including education and emancipation, are crucial for socially adapted lifestyles. The study found links between specific goals, antisocial behavior, and gender, highlighting the need for motivational factors in understanding adolescent issues.
Area of Science:
- Developmental Psychology
- Adolescent Psychology
- Behavioral Science
Background:
- Psychological research increasingly highlights the significance of goals in adolescent development.
- Goals play a critical role in shaping socially adapted lifestyles among young people.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the structure and importance of adolescent goals.
- To investigate the relationship between adolescent goals and antisocial behavior.
- To examine the influence of gender on this relationship.
Main Methods:
- Analysis of data from a sample of 488 participants.
- Factor analysis to determine the structure of adolescent goals.
- Correlation analysis to assess relationships between goals and behavior.
Main Results:
- Adolescent goals are structured into six factors: Social Recognition, Emancipation, Education, Physical-Athletic, Antisocial, and Interpersonal-Familial.
- Educational and emancipative goals are most important to adolescents.
- Significant correlations exist between specific goal types and adolescent antisocial behavior, with notable gender differences.
Conclusions:
- Motivational dimensions, specifically adolescent goals, are essential for explaining behavioral problems.
- Understanding the structure and importance of goals is key to addressing adolescent maladaptive behaviors.
- Future explanatory models of adolescent behavioral issues should incorporate goal-related motivational factors.
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