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This research has resulted in the creation of classifications of firesetting motives and behaviours, all of which fit upon a continuum of motivational categories\u2014ranging from curiosity or match play, through to deliberate delinquent acts. This current study aimed to gain insight into how both firesetters and their caregivers perceived firesetting motivation. A total of 18 male youths, who had engaged in deliberate firesetting, and 13 parents were interviewed. Qualitative analysis gathered from interviews with adolescent participants reported personality and individual characteristic themes, the most frequent of these being anger, experimenting, peer pressure, and boredom. Parents on the other hand initially cited family historical factors as being a cause for their son\u2019s firesetting. This study showed the difficulties in attempting to classify firesetters. 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