NCJ Number
19215
Date Published
1968
Length
441 pages
Annotation
EXAMINATION OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN STATUS DEPRIVATION, FRUSTRATION, THREAT, CONSISTENCY, AND THE INCIDENCE OF SELF-REPORTED DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR AMONG STUDENTS OF TWO SELECTED HIGH SCHOOLS IN WESTERN MICHIGAN.
Abstract
ALL MALE SENIORS IN ONE HIGH SCHOOL AND ALL MALES IN THE OTHER HIGH SCHOOL RECEIVED AN ANNONYMOUS SELFADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE IN THEIR HOMEROOMS AND FIRST HOUR CLASSES RESPECTIVELY. THE TOTAL SAMPLE WAS A COMBINATION OF THE TWO SCHOOLS FOR A ONE-WAY ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE WHICH REVEALED NO DIFFERENCE IN THE AMOUNT OF DELINQUENTS ACTS REPORTED BY SENIORS IN THE TWO SCHOOLS. STATISTICAL ANALYSES REVEALED THAT VARIOUS STATUS DIMENSIONS WERE SALIENT AS EVIDENCED BY SIGNIFICANT CORRELATIONS AMONG ALL HIGH SCHOOL AND SOCIAL CLASSES REGARDLESS OF HIGH SCHOOL OR SOCIAL CLASS, THE STATUS VARIABLES RECEIVED CONSISTENTLY HIGH MENTION AS IMPORTANT IN BEING SOMEONE AT SCHOOL. NO CORRELATION WAS FOUND BETWEEN DELINQUENT BEHAVIOR AND STATUS DEPRIVATION, THREAT, OR CONSISTENCY. SOME CORRELATION WAS FOUND BETWEEN STATUS FRUSTRATION AND JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.