[Social situation, orientation and personality aspects of juveniles without homes]

A group of homeless juveniles (N = 50) was compared to a group of rockers (N = 46) and a further group of "normal" non-rockers (N = 132) as regards social background, attitudes to others, intelligence, performance motivation and further personality variables such as aggression, extraversion, neuroticism and rigidity. Whereas no significant differences were found in respect of personality variables and attitudes, the homeless juveniles were in a far worse position than the rockers as regards social background: extremely low income, large families, overcrowded accomodation, high rate of alcoholism, delinquency and broken homes. They were less successful in school although they compared favourably with the other groups in those areas of intelligence covered by tests.