De l'objectivisme dualiste a approche totalisante et unitaire de la nature: Contribution au dialogue entre science et religion dans la perspective de Gerard Siegwalt (French text)

This research was conducted with a sample of 312 adolescents, 193 French Canadians (Quebec) and 119 Haitians. This sample is composed of 166 girls and 146 boys of 15 years and 2 months in average. Participants were mainly recruited in two schools of the Saint Michel neighbourhood located in Montreal. The objective of this dissertation is to examine the predictors of delinquency from parental practices in French Canadians and Haitians. Data is collected from a questionnaire that assessed parental practices as perceived by adolescents and self-reported delinquent behaviours. Hypothesis and research questions are elaborated from the intercultural literature on delinquent behaviours. They take into account independent variables such as ethnicity, age, gender, and family structure. Educational and social economical status levels were statistically controlled as covariates in order to prevent their effect on the dependant variable. The hypothesis which predicted that delinquent behaviours do not differ in French Canadians and Haitians was partially verified. Indeed, Haitians perpetrate more minor theft than French Canadians, yet French Canadians use more mild drugs. Results obtained from parental practices display specific patterns for mothers and fathers for each dimension: ethnicity, age, gender, and family structure. Furthermore, predictive values differ according to ethnicity. Globally, coercive sanctions from Haitian mothers have a predictive effect on delinquency, whereas in French Canadian mothers it is more rejection and tolerance that are predictors of delinquency. Parental practices of Haitian fathers do not display predictive effects on delinquency in Haitian adolescents, whereas tolerance from French Canadian fathers predicts delinquency in French Canadian adolescents.