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Adolescent stealers' and nonstealers' social problem-solving skills
1Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487-0348, USA.
Adolescence
|April 1, 1997
Abstract:
Eleven adolescents with a history of stealing in the past year were compared to 11 nonstealers on social problem-solving skills. The stealers showed a tendency not to consider the passage of time necessary for solving social problems on the Means-Ends Problem Solving (MEPS) test. In addition, adolescents who exhibited delinquency tendencies, as measured by the Jesness Inventory, showed a cognitive bias for generating ineffective solutions to hypothetical social problems. Implications for treatment are discussed.