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Predicting Institutional Maladjustment in Severe Male Juvenile Delinquents From Criminal History and Personality/Clinical Subtype

Florida State University, taylor{at}psy.fsu.edu

Therese Skubic Kemper

Florida State University

Janet A. Kistner

Florida State University

The contribution of personality/clinical subtype to the prediction of institutional maladjustment is examined in a sample of 652 severe male juvenile offenders (ages 12 to 19) committed to a residential facility. As expected, membership in either the group with impulsive and reactive personality/clinical features or the group with psychopathic features is associated with increased number of intensive supervision placements (ISPs) for serious institutional rules violations. Increased number of ISPs is also associated with longer term of commitment, greater number of arrests in the criminal history, and younger age at admission to the residential facility. This study suggests that personality/clinical subtypes may be useful in the prediction of important outcomes for severe male juvenile offenders.

Key Words: juvenile offenders • juveniles in institutions • MACI • institutional adjustment

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