Compare emotional and social maturity and sensation seeking in adolescents and ordinary criminals Khorramabad

This study aimed to compare the emotional and social maturity and sensation seeking adolescents delinquent boys and normal in Khorramabad.  The population consists of all juvenile in center reform that 23 were selected and equal with 23  based on sampling. In this study variables were measured by Bhargava Yashvyrsyng emotional maturity, social maturity Rao questionnaire and Zuckerman Sensation Seeking Scale (short form) were used. To compare the two groups mentioned variables of multivariate analysis of variance (MANOVA) was used. The findings showed that the emotional and social maturity and normal for juvenile offenders there are significant differences. This means that juvenile offenders are lower emotional and social maturity. Also, in sensation-seeking variables there are difference significant between the two groups existed and juvenile offender group, higher sensation seeking. Based on the present findings, we can say that one of the causes of delinquency, social and emotional maturity is low, and features high sensation seeking Accordingly; it is necessary advisory activities with these people for emotional stability, social harmony and access control and emotion regulation skills to work.