A psychoneurotic reaction of delinquent boys and girls.

Armstrong, Clairette P.

doi:10.1037/h0059539

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“…However, limited evidence does suggest that stable individual propensities contribute to the high rates of delinquency and crime in this population. Early studies, mainly research from the 1940s to 1970s, have suggested that homeless adolescents are heterogeneous in nature and have linked street deviance and crime to individual propensity such as pathological personalities (see Armstrong, 1932Armstrong, , 1937Robins & O'Neal, 1959). This approach, however, is not fully integrated into current homeless youth research.…”

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Onset of Conduct Disorder, Use of Delinquent Subsistence Strategies, and Street Victimization Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents in the Midwest

Chen

Thrane

Whitbeck

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J Interpers Violence

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This study examines the effects of childhood-onset conduct disorder on later antisocial behavior and street victimization among a group of homeless and runaway adolescents. Four hundred twenty-eight homeless and runaway youth were interviewed directly on the streets and in shelters from four Midwestern states. Key findings include the following. First, compared with those who exhibit adolescent-onset conduct disorder, youth with childhood onset are more likely to engage in a series of antisocial behaviors such as use of sexual and nonsexual survival strategies. Second, youth with childhood-onset conduct disorder are more likely to experience violent victimization; this association, however, is mostly through an intervening process such as engagement in deviant survival strategies.

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Onset of Conduct Disorder, Use of Delinquent Subsistence Strategies, and Street Victimization Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents in the Midwest

Chen

Thrane

Whitbeck

et al. 2007

J Interpers Violence

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“…Regarding the sick versus healthy controversy, various authors have found various forms of pathology. For example, Armstrong (1937) and Leventhal (1963) included mental deficiency, poor impulse control, and distortion of reality. Rosenwald (1967) and Stierlin (1973) considered running away a pathological form of separation-individuation.…”

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The Gestalt theory of healthy aggression in beyond-control youth.

Brothers¹

1986

Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training

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The Gestalt theory of healthy aggression in beyond-control adolescents is presented. Included is a discussion of adolescent development with emphasis on a twofold maturational task: 1) sharpening the ego functions-the ability to discriminate, analyze, and organize oneself and the world; and 2) breaking parental confluence in order to wholeheartedly participate in a mature love relationship, a career, and all aspects of living.Gestalt theory offers a unique contribution to current research and understanding of the plight of beyond-control youth. Gestalt theory's principal tenet of a holistic conception of reality, the idea that all of nature is intricately related and embedded in a larger whole, allows a meaningful examination of runaway/incorrigible youth within their context or environment. The focus of study is their gestalt formation-how they structure and organize themselves and their world.According to Gestalt theory, strong, clear, apt gestalt formation is the definition of healthy aggression. That is, organizing coherent, appropriate gestalts or responses to organismic interests or needs and environmental requirements is healthy aggression in action. This healthy form of aggression is distinguished from the perverse, hostile form commonly defined by our society. The theory of healthy aggression is particularly important for the study of beyond-control youth because researchers, clinicians, and probation or law-enforcement officers often raise questions regarding Reprints may be ordered from Carolyn L. Brothers,

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“…Research on njnaway adolescents in the late 1930s and 1940s suggests that runaway behavior was due to grossly inadequate and unhealthy home environments (Armstrong, 1937;Riemer, 1940). Conversely, the research during the 1950s and 1960s suggests personality and psychopathology as reasons for runaway behavior (Leventhal, 1963).…”

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The violent world of homeless and runaway adolescents: an investigation of severe risk factors among homeless and runaway adolescents

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A psychoneurotic reaction of delinquent boys and girls.

Cited by 11 publications

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Onset of Conduct Disorder, Use of Delinquent Subsistence Strategies, and Street Victimization Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents in the Midwest

Onset of Conduct Disorder, Use of Delinquent Subsistence Strategies, and Street Victimization Among Homeless and Runaway Adolescents in the Midwest

The Gestalt theory of healthy aggression in beyond-control youth.

The violent world of homeless and runaway adolescents: an investigation of severe risk factors among homeless and runaway adolescents

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