چکیده (انگلیسی):

This work aims to show how self-esteem and length of stay on the streets of adolescents of the streets affect the extent to which these adolescents behave at risk. Data were collected from 83 adolescents using a questionnaire and were analyzed using a step by step regression analysis. The results show that both self-esteem and length of stay on the streets predict risky behaviors. Specifically, high self-esteem primarily predicts low tendency to behave at risk. These results indicate that cognitive and contextual aspects play a fundamental role in juvenile social marginality. And the knowledge of these seems an interesting lead for the conception of curative as well as preventive strategies for the complex field of risky behaviors.