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NCJ Number:	34770

Title:	ANOMIA AND SELF-ESTEEM AMONG INCARCERATED ADOLESCENTS

Journal:	AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF CRIMINOLOGY Volume:8 Issue:3&4 Dated:(SEPTEMBER/DECEMBER 1975) Pages:235-239

Author(s):	L J SIEGEL; D G PFEIFFER; S A RATHUS

Corporate Author:	Australian and New Zealand Soc of Criminology Dept of Criminology Australia

Date Published:	1975

Page Count:	5

Sponsoring Agency:	Australian and New Zealand Soc of Criminology Parkville Victoria ,3052, Australia

Format:	Article

Language:	English

Country:	Australia

Annotation:	LEVELS OF SELF-ESTEEM AND ANOMIE WERE COMPARED FOR DELINQUENT AND NON-DELINQUENT JUVENILE SUBJECTS IN NEW YORK CITY.

Abstract:	IT WAS THEORISED THAT SELF-ESTEEM DEVELOPS AS A PRODUCT OF BEING REWARDED BY AGENTS OF SOCIALISATION. THUS, THERE SHOULD BE A POSITIVE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND A SENSE OF FAITH IN AND ONENESS WITH THE SOCIAL ORDER AMONG THE GENERAL ADOLESCENT SCHOOL POPULATION. AMONG DELINQUENT YOUTH WHO HAVE BEEN REJECTED BY AGENTS OF SOCIALISATION, SELF-ESTEEM SHOULD CONVERSELY DEPEND UPON A SENSE OF ALIENATION FROM THE SOCIAL ORDER. THIS HYPOTHESIS WAS SUPPORTED BY A POSITIVE CORRELATION BETWEEN SELF-ESTEEM AND ANOMIA AMONG 109 INCARCERATED ADOLESCENTS. IMPLICATIONS FOR SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS AND OTHER YOUTH WORKERS WERE DISCUSSED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT)

Index Term(s):	Attitudes; Juvenile Delinquent-nondelinquent comparisons; Self concept

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