Some predictors of Yugoslavian adolescents' problems.

AFFINITY groups; PROBLEM solving; YUGOSLAVS; MYERS-Briggs Type Indicator; PERSONALITY development; SELF-perception; ETHNOLOGY research; SOCIAL context; PSYCHOMETRICS; INTERPERSONAL relations; LOCUS of control; DEVELOPING countries; PARENT-child relationships

The purpose of this study was to examine the relative contribution of personal (locus of control, extraversion-intraversion, neuroticism, psychoticism), interpersonal (control, nurture, and intimacy in relationships with parents and teacher), and demographic variables (family setting, family structure, school, educational level of mother and father) to the prediction of adolescents' problems in the following domains: 'school,' 'after school,' 'myself,' 'me and others,' and 'general.' The subjects were 391 adolescents of both sexes (mean age = 17.5 years). Regression analysis demonstrated that the personal and interpersonal variables were better predictors of adolescents' problems than were demographic variables. The best predictors were neuroticism (personal variable) and nurture of father (interpersonal variable). [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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