Time orientation in male and female juvenile delinquents.

"This paper represents an attempt to relate findings obtained from three independent studies. Using a story completion technique to assess time orientation in imaginal processes, no difference was found between adolescent delinquent boys and adolescent delinquent girls. The measures of time orientation… were practically identical with findings… in a previous study of adolescent delinquent boys. Moreover, time orientation in the… delinquents was very similar to time orientation evidenced by much younger emotionally disturbed boys and normal boys." The delinquent children were found to be more present-oriented than nondelinquent adolescent boys. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)