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Deliquent juvenile and aggressive college student: behavioral differences

This article aims to verify the differences in aggressive behaviors in a group of people who committed crimes (group 1) and a group of college students with the highest scores on the Escala de Avaliação de Tendência a Agressividade (group 2). Group 1 consisted of 41 18-19 years persons, while Group 2 was composed of 42 18-29 year-old participating students. The results showed that group 1 was characterized by conduct related to injury, sex, or it is not my fault; defying people, raging at someone and carrying a gun. Group 2 showed only the fact "speak loud" when misunderstood.

Aggression; Delinquency; College students


Universidade de São Francisco, Programa de Pós-Graduação Stricto Sensu em Psicologia R. Waldemar César da Silveira, 105, Vl. Cura D'Ars (SWIFT), Campinas - São Paulo, CEP 13045-510, Telefone: (19)3779-3771 - Campinas - SP - Brazil
E-mail: revistapsico@usf.edu.br