Group Pressure and Family Breakup
A Study of German Communities
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2204152 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eugene Litwak (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1956 |
| Volume | 61 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 345-354 |
| Publication date | 1956-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/221766 |
| OpenAlex | W2079491931 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
This papeer considers family stability as a problem in social control. In certain German communities overwhelming religious majorities or bare majorities increased family stability, regardless of whether the majority was Catholic or Protestant. In contrast, refugee majority-minority structures played no role. Yet refugees in Catholic areas had higher rates of breakup than refugees in Protestant areas. These findings suggest that majority-minority structures are pertinent only for positive reference groups and external modes of control operate best in closed structures, while internal modes of control operate best in open structures
Breakup · Control (management) · Criminology · Demographic economics · Economics · Geography · German · Management · Political science · Protestantism · Refugee · Sociology · Law · Psychology · Social Capital and Networks · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,02 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 1976 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |