Predicting the Role of Emotional and Behavioral Problems on Delinquent Tendencies in Adolescents

The current study aims to investigate the relationship between emotional and behavioral problems delinquent tendencies in adolescents. It was hypothesized that there is a significant problem with Purposive convenient sampling used select 225 participants ages 12-19 years. were selected from private government institutes Karachi city. Emotional measured through indigenously developed scale School Children Problem Scale SCPS (Saleem & Mahmood, 2011), whereas Delinquent assessed using Self-Report Delinquency SRDS (Irum Naqvi Anila Kamal, 2008). A Pearson correlation analysis showed moderate exists Further suggestion implications for future researches also discussed.