The Relationship Between Irrational Beliefs, Controlling Source, and Attitude to Delinquency Among High School Students

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between irrational beliefs, Controlling source, and attitude to delinquency among high school students. The method of this study is correlation type. The participants in this study were 379 students chosen through cluster multiple sampling.The utilized instruments for data collection were Jones irrational beliefs questionnaire, Nowicki – Strickland Controlling source questionnaire, and Fazli attitude toward delinquency behavior questionnaire. The findings of the study showed that, there is a meaningful and positive relationship between irrational beliefs and external controlling source with positive attitude to delinquency (p