The relationship between parenting styles, trauma exposure, and juvenile delinquency

Abstract EN

Researchers applied the General Health Ques-tionnaire (GHQ), the Civilian Mississippi Scale for PTSD (CMPTSD), and the Parental Authority Questionnaire (PAQ) to non-offender Kuwaiti juveniles, who ranged in age from 12 to 18 years, and included 101 males and 54 females, 76 were non-offenders, and 81 were offenders, representing all six geographical governorates, and an offender group currently incarcerated.

A second group was formed, comprised of the parents or primary caregivers of the juvenile offenders and the non-offenders.

Parents and juveniles were administered the GHQ and the CMPTSD scales, to determine the relationship between trauma exposure, parenting styles, and juvenile delinquency.