Background: The present study was conducted in order to compare the self-concept and family emotional condition among delinquent adolescents who stay in Ahvaz adolescent’s correction center with a normal control group.

Materials and Methods: This investigation is a descriptive and comparative cross-sectional study. Our population includes all delinquent boys who stayed in Correction and Nurturance Center of Ahvaz in addition to all of the high school students from four educational regions in Ahvaz city, during 92-91 school year. 60 participants were randomly selected and assigned in two groups (n=30). Hill Bern family emotional condition scale and Self-Perception Scale (from Mandaglio & Pyryt) were used to measure research variables. To compare two groups, data were analyzed with independent t-test.

Results: The results showed that there is significant difference between two normal and delinquent groups of adolescents in terms of family emotional condition and self-concept.

Conclusion: According to our findings, it seems that inappropriate family emotional climate effects on self-concept formation in delinquent adolescents.