Family influence on formation of deviant and delinquent behavior

Abstract

We have tried in this paper to show and explain by means of the clinical case study to what extent and what kind of influence the primary family environment has on formation and manifestation of deviation and delinquent behavior. We were particularly interested in certain levels of family communication functioning especially from the point of view of the system theory (which includes both alcoholism and delinquency). We have therefore assumed that alcoholism is a cover for primary personality disorders developed during the formative years, and that the family structure is one of the important factors. The sample included male alcoholics who were pronounced the measure of obligatory treatment from alcoholism and who were sentenced to imprisonment for the committed criminal act, at the average age of 40 and of lower social status and education. The appropriate techniques for clinical exploration and psycho-technical instruments - MMPI, VITI Machoever technique - were applied. The results showed that there is a trans-generational transmission of alcoholism through the reproduction of the same system of family interrelations and personal manner of functioning where the more important factor was the complete but dysfunctional family than the incomplete family itself. The lack and impossibility of adequate sublimation of aggressiveness, but also the libido disorders were registered. The basic emotions and manners of behavior shown as depression anxiety, psychopathy, were substantiated by the facts of characteristically and deeply disturbed emotional communication within family, as well as the physical child abuse.

U ovom radu je pokušano da se putem kliničke studije slučaja prikaže i objasni koliki je i kakav uticaj primarne porodične sredine na formiranje i ispoljavanje devijantnog i delinkventnog ponašanja. Autore su posebno zanimali pojedini nivoi funkcionisanja porodične komunikacije i to sa aspekta teorije sistema (koji obuhvata i alkoholizam i prestupništvo). Zbog toga je pretpostavljeno da je alkoholizam pokriće za primarne poremećaje ličnosti nastale u formativnom razvojnom periodu, i da je jedan od značajnih činilaca-struktura porodice. Uzorak su činili alkoholičari muškog pola kojima je izrečena mera obaveznog lečenja od alkoholizma i zatvorska kazna za učinjeno krivično delo, prosečne starosti 40 godina i nižeg socijalnog statusa i obrazovanja. Primenjene su adekvatne tehnike za kliničku eksploraciju i psihotehnički instrumenti-MMPI, VITI, Mahover tehnika. Rezultati su ukazali da postoji transgeneracijska prenosivost alkoholizma kroz redukciju istog sistema porodičnih odnosa i ličnog načina funkcionisanja, pri čemu je potpuna ali disfunkcionalna porodica bila značajniji faktor od njene nepotpunosti. Evidentirani su nedostatci i nemogućnost adekvatne sublimacije agresivnosti, ali i poremećaji libida. Osnovna osećanja i ponašanja iskazana kroz depresiju, anksioznost i psihopatiju potkrepljena su saznanjima o karakterističnim i duboko poremećenim emocionalnim komunikacijama unutar porodice, kao i fizičkim zlostavljanjem dece.