CREATION OF DEVIANT BEHAVIOR IN HIGH SCHOOLS - AN EXAMINATION OF COHEN'S GENERAL THEORY OF SUBCULTURES

• NCJ Number: 25592
• Author(s): J C PHILLIPS
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 230 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.

Annotation

A SYSTEMATIC TEST OF COHEN'S THEORY WHICH SUGGESTS THAT SCHOOL FAILURES MAY BE LINKED TO MISCONDUCT BY THE INTERVENING PROCESSES OF NEGATIVE AFFECT TOWARDS SCHOOL AND INVOLVEMENT IN AN ANTI-SCHOOL SUBCULTURE.

Abstract

FIRST PROVIDED IS A REVIEW OF COHEN'S GENERAL THEORY OF SUBCULTURES, A RESTATEMENT AND INTERPRETATION OF THAT THEORY FOR THE CURRENT PROBLEM, AND SOME HYPOTHESES SUGGESTED BY THE AUTHOR'S INTERPRETATION OF COHEN'S THEORY. TO TEST THE THEORY A QUESTIONNAIRE WAS ADMINISTERED TO 475 BOYS IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION CLASSES AT TWO HIGH SCHOOLS IN A SMALL CITY IN CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE. A TOTAL OF 469 COMPLETED QUESTIONNAIRES WERE RECEIVED. THE RESULTS OF THE STUDY INDICATED THAT AFFECT TOWARDS SCHOOL DOES NOT INTERVENE BETWEEN SCHOOL SUCCESS AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR. INSTEAD, THE DATA SHOWED THAT SCHOOL STATUS AND AFFECT TOWARD SCHOOL BOTH IMPINGE AS INVOLVEMENT IN AN ANTI-SCHOOL SUBGROUP, WHICH IN TURN INTERVENES BETWEEN THESE TWO VARIABLES AND DEVIANT BEHAVIOR.