Family Culture Patterns and Delinquent-Type Behavior

Soc control is viewed as maintained primarily through the inculcation of group-shared norms or culture associated with specific soc systems, esp in one's own fam,& that a person who rebels against the norms of his fam will be likely to rebel against societal norms. Data were examined releva...

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Published in:Journal of marriage and family 1963-05, Vol.25 (2), p.202-208
Main Authors: Slocum, Walter L., Stone, Carol L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Affection
Agricultural management
Alcoholic beverages
Behavior/Behavioral
Communities
Culture/Cultures/Cultural/ Culturally
Delinquent/Delinquents
Family/Families
Fathers
Juvenile delinquency
Mothers
Parents
Pattern/Patterns/Patterning
Property damage
Questionnaires
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Summary:Soc control is viewed as maintained primarily through the inculcation of group-shared norms or culture associated with specific soc systems, esp in one's own fam,& that a person who rebels against the norms of his fam will be likely to rebel against societal norms. Data were examined relevant to the hyp that some types of fam subculture are associated with DEL-type behavior. Data from a sample of 1,574 boys & 1,568 girls were gathered by M's administered in HSch's in 6 areas of Wash. Following the Guttman scaling procedure, a scale of DEL-type behavior was developed based upon R's reports of 5 acts of misbehavior. R's were classified into DEL-type, intermediate & conformist categories according to their scale score. Fam's of the R's were classified, by use of 4 other Guttman-type scales, according to the practice of democracy, fairness of discipline, degree of affection & degree of cooperation within the fam. Evidence was found that certain fam values & standards are associated with DEL-type behavior. Such behavior was found to be more prevalent in unaffectionate, undemocratic & uncooperative fam's & in fam's in which the teen-ager considered disciplinary practices to be unfair. DEL-type behavior was reported most frequently by those from broken homes, larger fam's, fam's in which teen-agers were allowed freedom in evenings out, fam's in which the teen-agers performed few chores around the home, & fam's of lower SES, as measured by father's occup. When father's occup was held constant, the above relationships were found within each occup'al group, suggesting that SE level is not an interfering variable in these relationships. AA.
ISSN:0885-7059
0022-2445
DOI:10.2307/349183