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The research aim was to examine the role of family life quality in the aetiology of antisocial behaviour. A multidimensional nine-part questionnaire was implemented during 2015 with 1300 participants aged 15-16 (N=799, 60%) and 17-18 (N=496, 40%) in Croatia. Boys reported higher delinquent behaviour (p<,001), antisocial behaviour and criminal acts (p<,001) and parental approval of risk behaviour (p<,001). Older adolescents reported more delinquent behaviour (p<,01). Adolescents with lower academic success reported...

This paper reports on empirical survey data conducted with 437 Croatian adolescent participants in 2017. A total of 194 male (44,4%) and 243 female (55,6%) adolescents in the age from 15 to 19 years old were examined. The research is aimed at studying the relation between risky behaviour and adolescent beliefs and value orientations, with special emphasis on the most important risk and protective factors. Results show multiple significant statistical differences based on gender, with boys reporting significantly h...

According to literature data, there are many causes, motives and motivations for smoking. Connecting adolescent occasional smoking with sensory experience searching can be one of the most important risk factors. The less mature the personality is, the more exposure to the challenges. There is an important influence also for the socio-cultural environment in which the adolescent is socialized. Cigarette consumption might be considered as a lifestyle model. The formation of this lifestyle model in childhood and adol...

The article is devoted to analysis of the specific of negotiation between adults and adolescents in conflicts connected with teenagers’ misbehavior in different social situations. These are the survey’s results and practical counselling and mediation experiences presented in the article. Possibilities to negotiate difficult issues between teenagers and their peers, teenagers and adults depending on their age, education, experience and gender were explored. The factors of negotiations’ failure and success have been...