The concept of social control has been used in sociology since the foundations of the discipline were laid almost a hundred years ago.At the turn of the century social control developed two distinct orientations. The concept has referred to the process of socialization or how individual behavior is regulated in primary group relations, and alternatively, to how the large macrosocial institutions such as education, religion, law and the political system maintain order in society. 2Early research in social control focused on the development of inventories of societal means of social control. Changing standards of science, however, forced an abandonment of that perspective and research became more directly concerned with the socialization process.Most recently, soci a 1 cont ro 1 a rguments have centered upon the primary group aspects of socialization and the relation of that socialization to delinquency and have been unattentive to larger social institutions and secondary group factors that also influence behavior.The version of social control theory developed by Travis Hirschi in Causes of Delinquency (1969) has been shown to be an exemplary model of social research. He claimed that in early childhood many youths form a bond to society which prevents some of them from becoming involved with delinquency while others who fail to form a bond become del inquent. Hirschi's theory was strongly supported by the research he conducted \·Jhich shDl'ied that delinquency involvement was inversely related to the strength of an individual's relationship to society. This dissertation extends the explanatory model developed byHirschi. First, it argues that the socialization levels reached by youngsters in primary group socialization are sometimes altered by subsequent experiences. Secondly, it contends that those changes are related to school experiences and social class backgrounds of youths.Finally, it avers that those changes increase or decrease the likelihood that adolescents will become involved in delinquent behavior. The first part replicated Hirschi's contentions that the bond was fOI"med in the family. One element, not fonned in 1964, emerged prior to the youth's graduation. Secondly, this research diverged from Hirschi's contention that social class was not related to the levels of bond achieved by youths or delinquency. Delinquency and 3 two of the four elements of the bond were found to be related to social class. Third, the social bond was found to be moderately unstable and change was somewhat related to the educational and social background of the youth. Finally, the:;e changes in bond and secondary group factors were translated into significant variations in the del i nquency ra tes for the youths who compri sed the ana lys i s groups. concern with "social order," that is, with how societies order social relations to a more narrow interest in how individuals are socialized into the ongoing social structure. LIST OF TABLES LIST OF FIGURES CHAPTERThe discussion that follows provides an overview of the developmen...

The dimensions of Rosenburg's scale of self-esteem (1965) were investigated via principal components and oblique factor analysis. Data from 479 students in a basic speech course yielded a two-factor solution. As the two factors appeared to identify only a response set, it was concluded the scale was unidimensional.

The concept of social control has been used in sociology since the foundations of the discipline were laid almost a hundred years ago.At the turn of the century social control developed two distinct orientations. The concept has referred to the process of socialization or how individual behavior is regulated in primary group relations, and alternatively, to how the large macrosocial institutions such as education, religion, law and the political system maintain order in society.

Research studies with antisocial children have posited that multiple etiologies, including ineffective parenting, can produce psychopathic traits. The current study evaluated 136 Hispanic females and found that poor parenting predicted psychopathology and poor behavioral controls. Effective clinical interventions with antisocial children should focus on improving quality of parenting.

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