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Gaffney, Lisa Rosenthal; McFall, Richard M. – Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 1981
Developed the Problem Inventory for Adolescent Girls (PIAG) to measure competence in social situations, and compared the performance of delinquent and nondelinquent girls on the inventory. The PIAG significantly discriminated between the groups, suggesting that delinquency is more closely related to skill deficits in interacting with adult…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Delinquency, Delinquency Causes