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   Delinquent Adolescents' Regrettable Behaviours and Parental Engagement: A Cross-cultural Comparison

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Zinziswa C. Nqweni --- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Ellen E. Pinderhughes --- Tufts University, Sean Hurley --- University of Vermont,

   We examined delinquents' involvement in regrettable behaviours, their meaning-making processes and parental engagement in preventing these behaviours. After reviewing court-record data for 109 males and females of African descent (50 South African and 50 American youth) for data on delinquency,...

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   Treating Anti-social Behavior in Adolescents: A Comparison of Multi-modal and Psychodynamic Oriented Group Interventions

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Psychology in Africa • Authors: Abigail Olubola Taiwo --- University of Ibadan, Nigeria Helen Ohiokhafe Osinowo --- University of Ibadan, Nigeria

   This study compared the efficacy of a multimodal intervention (MMI) and a psychodynamic oriented group intervention (POGI) on antisocial behavior among Nigerian adolescents. A pretest-posttest design was used. Forty-one adolescents drawn from the streets of a Nigerian city (N =20),...

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