Psychological mechanisms of juvenile delinquents social maladjustment

Juvenile social maladjustment is a common social negative phenomenon. To tackle it it is necessary to be aware of its psychological mechanisms or deep causes. Typical psychological mechanisms of juvenile maladjustment are connected with complexes of symptoms common for juveniles. These complexes of symptoms include relations with friends, self-attitude, attitude to moral values, ideals, life goals, the world, studies, teachers, adults, socially necessary work, family, parents. The origin of each deformation of the complex of symptoms is its internal defect arising due to external circumstances but further developing according to the internal laws and transforming into a trigger of maladjustment psychological mechanism. There are three groups of psychological mechanisms - “triggers” of juvenile maladjustment: motivational and personal manifestations (cognitive dissonance, negative motivation, psychological barrier, etc.), disorders in cognitive sphere (perception, memory, etc.), defects in the emotional-volitional sphere (affects, stresses, etc). Each of these “mechanisms” can cause a psychological chain leading to generalization of a defect. Diagnostics of such mechanisms and their timely correction are in the focus of preventing and overcoming juvenile social maladjustment.