Self-Labelling Theory
Preliminary Findings Among Mental Patients
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8401233 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mordechai Rotenberg (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1975 |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 360-375 |
| Publication date | 1975-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The British Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0007-0955 • E-ISSN: 1464-3529 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a046668 |
| OpenAlex | W2282966145 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 6 |
Differential aspects of self-labelling involved in the process of becoming deviant were hitherto largely ignored by labelling analysts. To expand the labelling paradigm a general scheme for analysing the sources and properties of self-labelling was presented. The model proposed four levels at which self-labelling may occur: (1) auto-suggestive labelling, in which self-labelling arises within the person as a result of intra-psychic processes of distortion and misrepresentation of self; (2) transformative labelling, in which self-labelling results from a social psychological transformation process of delabelling and relabelling; (3) transmutive labelling, in which self-labelling results from a belief in the magical power of naming procedures; (4) indicative labelling, in which self-labelling results from the belief in one's a priori categoric ascription which the label indicates. Preliminary evidence of differential self-labelling among new and old Eastern and Western mental patients in Israel was presented. Results indicated generally that, while “transmutive self-labelling” was the predominant pattern of new Eastern patients and “indicative self-labelling” was characteristic of Western patients, as time of hospitalisation increased “indicative labelling” became the predominant pattern of most patients, regardless of ethnic origin
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.04 |
| Citation span | 1977 - 2026 (50) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |