الثقة بالنفس لدى الأحداث الجانحين بمدينة الرياض و علاقتها بالتفكك الأسري في ضوء بعض المتغيرات

الملخص EN

The study aimed to determine the nature of the relationship between self-confidence and family breakdown among delinquent juveniles in the city of Riyadh.

The researcher adopted the sim¬ple random sampling method in selecting the participants of the study who were (n 163) detainees in the Social Observation House at Riyadh.

The research employed the self- confidence scale and the family breakdown scale prepared by the researcher himself.

The study findings revealed that there is a statistically significant negative relationship at the level of (0.01) and below between the scores of the sample on the self-confidence scale (overall score and sub-scales: the psychological dimension, the linguistic fluency and the Physiology) and their scores on the scale of the family breakdown.

In view of the findings, the study recommends a few recommendations, the most important of which encour¬aging researchers and research centers to study the family breakdown and then apply educational and psychological programs to help those delinquent juveniles who suffer from family breakdown.