Father Absence and Self Conception among Lower Class White and Negro Boys

Dados Bibliográficos

ID2483607
AutoresTimothy F Hartnagel (Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, autor correspondente)
Ano1970
Volume18
Fascículo2
Páginas152-163
Data de publicação1970-10-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Problems (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0037-7791 • E-ISSN: 1533-8533
EditoraOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/799578
OpenAlexW2081795894
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13
Referências citadas18

The effects of fatherlessness and race on the self conceptions of lower-class adolescent males is explored using the orientation of symbolic interactionism and the semantic differential for measurement. A distinction is made between actual and normative self and the categories of white and black, father-absent and father-present boys are examined. All categories exhibited significant differences between actual and normative self, but the magnitude of differences varies among categories: black father-absent boys have smaller differences than white father-absent boys; no difference between white and black father-present boys. The smaller differences of the black father-absent boys is the result of their more potent actual self conceptions. Several interpretations of these results are discussed

Biology · Class (philosophy) · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Normative · Race (biology) · Semantic differential · Sociology · Symbolic interactionism · White (mutation) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Demography · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender Studies · Genetics · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology