Experimentation and Control

A Conceptual Framework for the Comparative Analysis of Socialization Agencies

Dados Bibliográficos

ID9890891
AutoresTamar Rapoport (School of Education, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Mt. Scopus, Jerusalem 91905, Israel., autor correspondente)
Ano1989
Volume42
Fascículo11
Páginas957-973
Data de publicação1989-11-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoHuman Relations (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0018-7267 • E-ISSN: 1741-282X
EditoraSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/001872678904201101
OpenAlexW2161824528
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas5
Referências citadas27

The paper introduces a conceptual framework, backed by empirical evidence, in which experimentation and control are perceived as independent but coexisting generic dimensions within each of the three major socialization agencies during adolescence: the home, the school, and the informal youth association. The socialization experiences in each agency, in terms of each dimension, was assessed via a closed questionnaire distributed among 1433 Israeli Jewish adolescents. The results shown, first, a clear-cut differentiation between the two dimensions across agencies and, second, that the agencies differ substantially in the degree to which each of the dimensions is present and therefore diverge in the patterns of socialization on which they are based. In light of these results, a preliminary typology of socialization contexts, incorporating the dimensions of experimentation and control, is proposed under the assumption that each context has a distinct impact on the development of adolescents

Agency (philosophy · Conceptual framework · Context (archaeology · Control (management · Dimension (graph theory · Social science · Socialization · Sociology · Typology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Computer Science · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Psychology · Youth Development and Social Support