Greening L
Department of Psychology, University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa 35487-0348, USA.
Adolescence. 1997 Spring;32(125):51-5.
Eleven adolescents with a history of stealing in the past year were compared to 11 nonstealers on social problem-solving skills. The stealers showed a tendency not to consider the passage of time necessary for solving social problems on the Means-Ends Problem Solving (MEPS) test. In addition, adolescents who exhibited delinquency tendencies, as measured by the Jesness Inventory, showed a cognitive bias for generating ineffective solutions to hypothetical social problems. Implications for treatment are discussed.
研究人员将11名在过去一年中有偷窃行为的青少年与11名无偷窃行为的青少年在社会问题解决能力方面进行了比较。在手段-目的问题解决（MEPS）测试中，有偷窃行为的青少年表现出一种倾向，即不认为解决社会问题需要考虑时间的推移。此外，通过杰斯尼斯量表测量出有犯罪倾向的青少年，在针对假设性社会问题生成无效解决方案时表现出认知偏差。文章还讨论了该研究结果对治疗的启示。
