BICTEL/e - ULg
Serveur institutionnel des thèses de doctorat

• adolescent délinquant/juvenile delinquent
• groupes mixtes/mixed groups
• moderateurs/moderators
• analyses multiniveaux/multilevel analysis
• Entrainement à la déviance/Deviancy training process

The main goal of this research is to identify the predictors and the moderators of group characteristics which influence deviancy training process and normative training process in delinquent male adolescents. The effects of three group composition are tested on normative and deviant talk interaction processes among groups in which all members presented delinquent behaviors (“pure” delinquent group condition), those that included adolescents with no delinquent behaviors (“pure” normative group condition), and adolescents with both profiles (“mixed” group condition). Participants were 70 male adolescents aged 15 to 18 (M = 16.5; 56% Caucasian), with a random assignment depending the delinquent behaviors. The main data were collected among 3 group sessions (T1 T2 T3), one session a week, using videotape. Two contents of interactions were also used: antisocial and normative stories, counterbalanced across sessions. Results showed a significant group effect for antisocial talk and its reinforcement, with less antisocial talk within the mixed group condition in comparison to pure group condition. The topic of interaction was also observed as a predictor of antisocial talk, with less normative interactions and more antisocial talk associated to antisocial topic. Finally, time (T1 T2 T3) moderated also some relations between experimental groups and talk. We conclude with a discussion of the implications of this work for the design of effective collective interventions.

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