The Effect of Family Socialization Pattern on the Psychological Security Among Juvenile Delinquents in Jordan

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to investigate the family socialization pattern which is mostly practiced among the juvenile delinquency families in Jordan, and the effect of family socialization patterns on the psychological security among Juvenile delinquents. It also attempted to test the following hypotheses: The sample of this study consisted of (309) male subjects who ranged in age between (12-17years). The participants responded to two instruments: Family Socialization Scale, and Maslow’s Security - Insecurity Inventory. T-test was used to test the hypotheses of the study. The results showed that there were significant differences (α =.05) between the Juvenile delinquents who belong to the Permissive Democratic Family Pattern and the Juvenile delinquency who belong to the Authoritarian Family Pattern. It was concluded that the Authoritarian Family Pattern is more used by parents of Juvenile delinquents than the Permissive Democratic Family pattern. Also the results showed that the Juvenile delinquents who belong to the Permissive Democratic Family pattern were more secure than those who belong to the Authoritarian Family pattern.