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Acta Colombiana de Psicología
Print version ISSN 0123-9155
Abstract
BRINGAS MOLLEDA, CAROLINA; RODRIGUEZ DIAZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER and HERRERO DIEZ, FRANCISCO JAVIER. RESPONSIBILITY AND ANTISOCIAL TEEN-AGE BEHAVIOR AS FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH SCHOOL PERFORMANCE. Act.Colom.Psicol. [online]. 2009, vol.12, n.2, pp.69-76. ISSN 0123-9155.
The academic success of teenagers is related to the time that they devote to studying, which in turn is determined by their level of responsibility as well as for their record of troublesome behavior. Thus, this study aims at examining the relationship between school performance, antisocial behavior and level of responsibility in a sample of 433 teenagers from Asturia (Spain) who attended different public educational centers. With this purpose three assessment instruments were used: A questionnaire that gathers information about school performance; a personality questionnaire (Big-Five) and an inventory for antisocial behavior (ICA). Findings showed that the adolescents self-informed antisocial behavior and the individual variable of responsibility affect both the school adjustment of our teenagers as well as their interest to devote their time to school learning. The study analyzes the implications of these findings and shows some guidelines for future research in this field.
Keywords : Responsibility; antisocial behavior; school performance; teenagers.