Abstract
The article is an analysis of antisocial behaviour of delinquent youth.The relationships between negative events in childhood and adolescence, and subsequent problems in self-realization were studied. The relationships were analyzed in relation to the development of forms of antisocial behaviour.
Psychological characteristics in the selected groups of juvenile delinquents and a control group were compared. Methods based on RSTI (Risk Sophistication Treatment Inventory), HARE PCL (Hare Psychopathy Checklist), and TSC 40 (Trauma Symptom Checklist) were used.
Statistically significant differences were observed between trauma and the subsequently lower adaptation skills and development of typical symptoms of specific personality disorders. The findings suggest that negative events in childhood and adolescence may be a significant predictor of personality disorders in adulthood.
The findings are in accordance with previous studies. Clinicians and researchers should be highly aware of stress and trauma in childhood as a risk factor for later psychopathological development.