Abstract

FORMIGA, Nilton S.. Anomic feelings and antisocial and criminalconducts: verification ofa causal model in young brazilian. liber. [online]. 2013, vol.19, n.1, pp.33-44. ISSN 1729-4827.

The anomie leads the individual to a society lacking the consensus of the content of social norms so that people can live without adhering or fulfill the social rules hurting a good individual-society interaction. That been said, the feeling anomic refers to a mental state of hopelessness and helplessness that accompanies the subject, due to lack of access to socially prescribed ways to the achievement of social goals. The deviant behaviors refer to behaviors that are not in accordance with codes and socially established moral precepts, while violating rules of conduct and causing harm to society and the individual. This study aims to verify the association of feeling with the anomic deviant behavior in young people. 235 men and women aged 13 to 20 years, the network of public and private education in the city of João Pessoa, the scale of respondents feeling of being on the fringes of society, the scale of antisocial and criminal behavior and socio-demographic. From the program AMOS 16.0 grafics, it was observed psychometric indicators that demonstrated the positive correlation, between anomic feeling and deviant behavior.

Keywords : Feeling anomic; Pipelines antisocial and criminal behaviors; Young.

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