Projective assessment of Indian juveniles with conduct disorder

Abstract

ABSTRACT The current study aimed to study the psychodynamic perspective of the association between conduct disorder and personality through the Draw a Person Test (Buck, 1969, 2006), a projective assessment tool, and the Conduct Disorder Scale (Gilliam, 2002). The sample comprised 86 respondents out of which 43 were juvenile delinquents and the rest were middle school students. The qualitative and quantitative findings are suggestive of feelings of shame, fear, depression, rule violation, deceitfulness, hostility, and aggression among juveniles delinquents. Withdrawal and guarded accessibility were also found in the juvenile sample.