Optimism, resilience and delinquent behaviour in young adults

Pages: 1217-1219
Deekshaa Athwani, Manpreet Ola, and Vikas Sharma (Department of Clinical Psychology, Amity University, Gurugram, Haryana)

Crime is on a rise in our modern urbanising society, and it is not only adult crime but also juvenile delinquency is a matter of concern. This present study is to seep through and understand how delinquency can be avoided by checking the role of optimism and resilience in delinquent behaviours. It is seen that poor resilience increases delinquent behaviour, and since children with low socio-economic status undergo various stressors this study focuses on the target population of adolescents in Delhi slums. This study aims to find out how optimism mediates to build resilience and decrease delinquent behaviour. Quantitative research design is used to check correlation between the variables followed by mediation analysis is to form a mediation model. Purposive sampling technique is used and data is collected from young adults from slums in Delhi. Theories suggest that difficult social environment develop the attitude and skills to become delinquents. The present study focuses to develop an optimism resilience model to decrease delinquent behaviour.