TY - JOUR T1 - Comparison of Coping Mechanisms of Adolescents Inhabiting “Tehran Correction and Rehabilitation Center” and High School Students TT - مقایسه مکانیسم‎های سازگاری نوجوانان کانون اصلاح و تربیت تهران و نوجوانان دبیرستانی JF - ijpcp JO - ijpcp VL - 12 IS - 1 UR - http://ijpcp.iums.ac.ir/article-1-33-en.html Y1 - 2006 SP - 29 EP - 35 KW - Key words: coping KW - confrontation KW - delinquency KW - conduct disorder KW - adolescence KW - antisocial behavior N2 - AbstractIntroduction: To compare the coping mechanisms of 15-17 year-old inhabitants of “Tehran Correction and Rehabilitation Center” and 15-17 year-old high school students of area 6 in Tehran. Method: In a cross-sectional descriptive study all 105 inhabitants of the center (81 males and 24 females) and 372 high school students (181 males and 191 females) who were randomly selected from area 6 of Tehran schools completed the “Adolescent Coping Scale” which consists of 18 strategies and 3 styles. Results were analyzed using ANOVA and t-test.  Results: Non-delinquent males and females used productive style more than reference to others,and reference to others more than nonproductive style. Delinquent males used productive style and reference to others without significant difference, and also used these two styles signi-ficantly more than nonproductive style. Delinquent females used all three styles without signi-ficant difference. Delinquent males used all three styles significantly more than non-delinquentmales. Delinquent females used productive style less, nonproductive style more and reference to others without significant difference from non-delinquent females. Conclusion: In comparison with delinquent females, delinquent males have a more compre-hensive set of coping skills and can use external resources more effectively. Delinquent femalesuse a very dysfunctional collection of coping mechanisms, which may have caused their vulner- ability to social pathologies. M3 ER -