TY - JOUR
T1 - Value systems and delinquency
T2 - parental and generational discrepancies in value systems for delinquent and non delinquent boys
AU - Feather, N. T.
AU - Cross, D. G.
PY - 1975/6
Y1 - 1975/6
N2 - A sample of 82 delinquent boys in 2 institutions and a matched sample of 82 non delinquent boys from three secondary schools ranked values from the Rokeach Value Survey in their order of importance for self, mother and father. Order of rankings was counterbalanced. Results indicated that the sets of rankings (value systems) were more discrepant between boys and their parents and between the parents themselves in the delinquent sample than in the non delinquent sample, but only in regard to the set of terminal values. Marked differences in the relative importance of particular values occurred between the 2 groups both in relation to rankings for self and for parents, and (for both groups) between the boys and their parents (generational) and between mother and father (parental). Favourability towards father correlated positively with degree of value similarity between sons and fathers but only for the terminal values.
AB - A sample of 82 delinquent boys in 2 institutions and a matched sample of 82 non delinquent boys from three secondary schools ranked values from the Rokeach Value Survey in their order of importance for self, mother and father. Order of rankings was counterbalanced. Results indicated that the sets of rankings (value systems) were more discrepant between boys and their parents and between the parents themselves in the delinquent sample than in the non delinquent sample, but only in regard to the set of terminal values. Marked differences in the relative importance of particular values occurred between the 2 groups both in relation to rankings for self and for parents, and (for both groups) between the boys and their parents (generational) and between mother and father (parental). Favourability towards father correlated positively with degree of value similarity between sons and fathers but only for the terminal values.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1975.tb00160.x
DO - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1975.tb00160.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 1191889
AN - SCOPUS:0016738554
VL - 14
SP - 117
EP - 129
JO - British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
JF - British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology
SN - 0007-1293
IS - 2
ER -