A research on hostile attribution bias and parental characteristics of delinquent adolescentes and non-delinquent adolescents

The purpose of this research is to predict if delinquent adolescents and non-delinquent adolescents differ in terms of hostile attribution bias and parental characteristics (physical punishment, verbal punishment, parental criminality, parental marriage status).The research has been carried out on 128 male adolescents who have been on trial at Osmaniye Juvenile Court, and 128 male adolescents who have been attending Osmaniye central schools and who have been known for being non-delinquent as reference group. In the research Picture Questionnaire method that had been developed by Aydın (1977) was used as measurement implement. Personal Information Form that had been developed by the researcher, was used to collect data about the parental characteristics. In the research, SPSS 11,5 package software has been used and, T-test, Mann Whitney U test, Chi squarre test, 2X2 factor variance analysis technics have been used to analyse. Statistical meaningfulness has been taken ,05As the results of the research is studied, meaningful difference has been found between delinquent adolescents and non-delinquent adolescents by the terms of hostile attribution bias, negative intentions attribution bias, personal casuality attribution bias, physical/verbal punishment applied by the parents and parental criminality. No meaningful difference has been found delinquent adolescents and non-delinquent adolescents by the term of parental marriage status. According to being incurred physical and/or verbal punishment parental marriage status, no meaningful difference has been found between the delinquent adolescents and non delinquent adolescents by the terms of hostile attribution bias.Keywords: Crime, Juvenile delinquency, Hostile attribution bias.