The relationship between poor school performance and conflict with the law in adolescence

Abstract

U značajnom broju istraživanja potvrđuje se povezanost između školskog neuspeha, sjedne strane i delinkventnog ponašanja mladih koje dovodi do sukoba sa zakonom, sa drugestrane. Pri tome se školski neuspeh uzima kao značajan korelat delinkventnog ponašanja.Cilj ovog istraživanja je da se utvrdi priroda, smer i intenzitet uticaja latentnihvarijabli školskog neuspeha na pojedine dimenzije sukoba sa zakonom.Uzorak istraživanja obuhvatio je 665 ispitanika, oba pola, uzrasta od 14 do 22 godine,podeljenih u dva stratuma. Prvi stratum činilo je 217 ispitanika kojima su zbog sukoba sazakonom izrečene krivične sankcije. Drugi stratum činilo je 448 učenika srednjih škola odprvog do četvrtog razreda. Podaci u istraživanju prikupljeni su posebno konstruisanimupitnikom. Obrada podataka urađena je Analizom glavnih komponenti, regresijom ikanoničkom diskriminativnom analizom.Rezultati istraživanja pokazuju da u strukturi školskog neuspeha egzistira desetlatentnih dimenzija, od kojih većina ima prediktorsku ulogu u delinkventnom ponašanju,kao i da njihova uloga varira zavisno od prirode varijabli kojima je operacionalizovanodelinkventno ponašanje. Posebno važan rezultat je da postoje značajne polne razlike uuticaju školskog neuspeha na delinkventno ponašanje.Dobijeni rezultati potvrđuju da školski neuspeh kao višedimenzionalni fenomenima značajnog uticaja na sukobe sa zakonom. Ova saznanja omogućavaju da se organizuju isprovode efektivnije preventivne intervencijeA significant number of studies confirm links between poor school performance, on the onehand, and adolescent delinquent behaviour that leads to conflict with the law, on the other. Moreover,poor school performance is understood to be a significant correlate of delinquent behaviour. The aimof this study is to determine how the nature, direction of dependence and intensity of latent variablespertaining to poor school performance impact certain aspects of conflict with the law.The sample for this study comprised 665 subjects, of both sexes, aged 14 to 22 and dividedinto two strata. The first stratum consisted of 217 subjects who had experienced conflict with the lawresulting in criminal convictions. The second stratum consisted of 448 high school students fromgrades one through four. The research data were gathered by means of a questionnaire speciallydesigned for the study. Data processing was conducted using principal component analysis,regression analysis and canonical discriminant analysis.The findings show that the structure of poor school performance contains ten latentdimensions, of which the majority have a predictive role in delinquent behaviour and that their rolevaries in a manner that is dependent on the nature of the variables through which delinquent behaviouris operationalised. A particularly important finding is that there are significant gender differences inthe impact of poor school performance on delinquent behaviour.The findings of the study confirm that poor school performance, as a multidimensionalphenomenon, significantly impacts the likelihood of conflict with the law, making it possible toorganise and implement effective preventative measure