Self‐concept, Negative Family Affect, and Delinquency

A Comparison Across Mexican Social Classes

Bibliographic Data

ID9681194
AuthorsArnold Meadow (University of California, Davis, corresponding author), Stephen I Abramowitz (University of California, Davis), Arnold De La Cruz (University of California, Davis), GERMAN OTALORA BAY (Tecnológico de Monterrey)
Year1981
Volume19
Issue3
Pages434-448
Publication date1981-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCriminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0011-1384 • E-ISSN: 1745-9125
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1745-9125.1981.tb00428.x
OpenAlexW2061260248
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited11

Using a semistructured measure to minimize cross‐cultural biases, we examined the relationship between negative self and family‐other affect and delinquency among 135 Mexican families of varying social class. The results indicated that: (a) both processed and released delinquent youths and their parents evaluated themselves more negatively than nondelinquent youths and their parents; (b) appraisals in the families of processed and released delinquents did not differ appreciably; (c) migrant families tended to manifest the most negativity and lower‐class families the least, with middle‐class families in between; and (d) socioeconomic status did not predict the relationship between family hostility and delinquency. The results are seen as providing more support for the family control theory of delinquency than for processing‐labeling theory

Affect (linguistics · Developmental psychology · Hostility · Juvenile delinquency · Negativity effect · Population · Social class · Social control theory · Socioeconomic status · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development · Cultural Differences and Values · Demography · Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction · Psychology · Social Psychology

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