本研究旨在瞭解不同背景項之非行少年在人格特質、父母管教態度上所呈現之差異，並分析非行少年之人格特質與父母管教態度間之關聯性，另探討非行少年之背景變項、人格特質與父母管教態度對於有、無逃家行為之預測能力，並就研究結果提出建議。
本研究採問卷調查法進行資料之蒐集，研究對象為臺灣高雄少年法院所受理之新收個案及經由該院裁處保護處分之非行少年。所使用之研究工具「非行少年人格特質、父母管教態度與逃家行為調查問卷」係採用韓繼成（民91）及蔡佳芬（民88）所編
製之問卷，加上研究者自行編製部分加以組合而成。共計發出問卷530份，回收526份，回收率為99.2%，經剔除無效問卷後，獲得有效問卷410份，有效問卷之比率為77.94%。
壹、本研究之主要發現如下：
一、非行少年有逃家經驗之比例高達77.26%，且女性有逃家經驗之比例明顯高於男性。
二、非行少年第一次出現逃家行為之年齡以國中階段最多，逃家決意則以自己決定最多，逾半數非行少年逃家後係前往同儕、朋友家中居住。
三、家庭結構有助於抑制非行少年逃家行為之出現。
四、父母管教態度越趨向「忽視冷漠」類型，非行少年出現逃家行為之機率明顯增加。
五、背景變項中之「性別」與自變項中之「情緒穩定性」二項因素，能預測非行少年「有、無逃家經驗」之出現。
貳、根據研究結果提出以下建議：
一、加強父母效能訓練（P. E. T）與親職教育，建立子女與父母及家庭之親密依附關係。在學校或少年法院（庭）開設情緒管理之相關課程，讓非行少年學習如何控制與管理自身之情緒，避免親子衝突狀況之產生。
二、對於非行少年之逃家行為，應積極採用轉向制度，或建議設置官方（半官方）組織、機構，結合醫學、心理、精神衛生、教育、輔導、諮商與社會福利等各方面專業人員，對於逃家非行少年進行第一階段之調查與協助（即採取「審查前置主義」），避免少年司法過早介入逃家行為之處理。
This study mainly explored the differences between the demographic variables and independent as well as dependent variables（i.e., personality traits, parenting styles, and whether to run away from home or not ）. In addition , the associations of the aforementioned variables were examined with different statistical analysis . The research results and suggestions were proposed.
This study used a quantitative questionnaire survey, selecting 526 juvenile delinquent judged as probation youth by Taiwan Kaoshiung Juvenile Court. The questionnaire modified Han’s personality trait scale（2002）and Tsai’s parenting style scale（1999）to meet research subjects’ characteristics as the instrument tool. Total 410 subjects were selected as research sample in a valid rate of 77.94％.
The results were found as followed:
1.There reached 77.26％of juvenile who had experiences of running away from home ; female juveniles had a higher tendency to run away from home than male juveniles.
2.There was the first experience of running away from home found in the junior high school period ; the decision to run away from home was made by juveniles and half of them spent most time with peer or staying in his/her peer’s home when running away from home.
3.The structures of family composition could inhibit the running away from home behavior.
4.The more juveniles’ parents used “neglected” style , the more juveniles ran away from home.
5.The variables of "gender” and “emotional stability” could predict juvenile to run away from home.
The suggestions were proposed in accordance with the discussion of research findings as followed:
1.Parents need to attend Parenting Education course, such as parenting- effective- training （PET）in order to establish the emotional bonds between parents and juveniles.
2.Helping professionals need to set up self- assertive projects to help juveniles manage the emotional control in order to decrease the conflicts between parents and juveniles.
3.Juvenile Law needs to be amended by “prejudging displacement” in order to establish the diversion system in order to avoid the early intervention of juvenile’s experiences of running away from home behavior.
