Publication year: 2011
Source: Children and Youth Services Review, In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 9 January 2011
Ricky, Finzi-Dottan , Rinat, Bilu , Pavel, Golubchik
The study examined aggression, guilt feelings and Conduct Disorder (CD) in adolescent immigrants from the Former Soviet Union. One hundred and nineteen adolescents, including sixty six immigrants and fifty native Israelis from four residential schools, completed questionnaires assessing level of aggression, sense of guilt, ego identity, and parenting style. Objective assessments of CD were obtained from instructors at the residential schools, using the CBCL. Results indicate that diffused ego identity is the strongest predictor of aggression, guilt, and CD. A lack of positive parenting moderates the link between diffused ego identity and aggression and CD, while positive parenting promotes a…