Effects of Victimization on the Acceptance of Aggression and the Expectations of Assertive Traits in Children as Measured by the General Social Survey

• NCJ Number: 95490
• Author(s): H A Kurtz
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 184 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

Study findings give slight support to crime victimization's having an impact on the victim's acceptance and expectation of aggression, particularly aggression in children.

Abstract

Information from the General Social Survey for the years 1973, 1975, 1976, and 1978 is used to develop victimization measures, acceptance of aggression, and expectations of assertive traits in children. The findings provided only slight support for a model which emphasizes the importance of traumatic events in attitude change. Age, occupational prestige, education, and military experience apparently are influential in determining attitude changes most likely to result from victimization. Appendixes contain the research instrument, information on sampling and probability, general coding instructions, prestige scores distribution, field work and interviewer specifications, and zero order gamma scores for the dependent variables. Thirty-five tables and 253 references are provided. (Author summary modified)