Black Ghetto Diversity and Anomie: A Sociopolitical View

Kapsis, Robert E.

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“…macro level) were developed by Durkheim and Merton underlining moral groundlessness and separation of means and goals as sources of anomie (Agnew, 1980; see also Kapsis, 1978). Durkheim (1951Durkheim ( , 1984 describes anomie as a state of normlessness in which society's major values break down or become invalid to people.…”

Section: Anomiementioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, it biases the individual towards a hostile perception of his world in which "other" become enemies who try to take advantage of him (Fischer, 1973;Kapsis, 1978). For example, anomie has been linked to crime and deviant behavior (see Cao, 2007;Durkheim, 1951;Farnworth & Leiber, 1989;Konty, 2005) and also to ethnocentrism and prejudice (McDill, 1961;Roberts & Rokeach, 1956;Scheepers, Felling, & Peters, 1992;Srole, 1956).…”

Section: Anomiementioning

confidence: 99%

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Sociological Indicators of Ethical Attitude toward Ethnic Humor: An Empirical Study on Persian Jokes

Haghish¹,

Heydari²,

Biegler³

et al. 2012

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People's ethical attitude toward ethnic humor (EATEH) is not well-investigated. The present article explores the relation of gender, anomie, socioeconomic status, ethnocentrism, and national identity to ethical attitude toward ethnic humor. 500 high school students were surveyed from 10 high schools of Ahvaz, Iran. Findings revealed that attitudes toward jokes are significantly related to the dimensions of ethnocentrism, anomie, socioeconomic status, national identity, and gender. A significant proportion of the EATEH's variance was predicted by socioeconomic status and anomie, whereas ethnocentrism was still significant but played only a minor role. Further, on average men show prejudice more openly than women. Findings show that ethical attitude of individuals toward ethnic humor have been rooted and influenced by sociological factors most notably their social context and feeling of anomie.

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Section: Anomiementioning

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Section: Anomiementioning

confidence: 99%

Sociological Indicators of Ethical Attitude toward Ethnic Humor: An Empirical Study on Persian Jokes

Haghish¹,

Heydari²,

Biegler³

et al. 2012

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“…Researchers have argued that it suffers from acquiescence bias (due to dichotomous scale response format [AgreeDisagree] with no negatively worded item to be reverse-scored: see Carr, 1971), that it measures hopelessness and subjective feelings of despair and not anomie (Form, 1975;Kapsis, 1978;Rushing, 1971), that it confuses levels of analysis (Teevan, 1975), and for having modest reliability and lacking external validity (Travis, 1993). Despite the criticism, the Srole anomie scale has been influential in the anomie literature and this 5-item anomie scale has inspired the development of subsequent scales (e.g.…”

Section: Empirical Examinations Of Anomiementioning

confidence: 99%

“…Despite the criticism, the Srole anomie scale has been influential in the anomie literature and this 5-item anomie scale has inspired the development of subsequent scales (e.g. Carr, 1971;Kapsis, 1978;McClosky & Schaar, 1965;Mizruchi, 1960;Nelson, 1968;Teevan, 1975;Zeitz, Medalie, & Alexander, 1969).…”

Section: Empirical Examinations Of Anomiementioning

confidence: 99%

“…For instance, in an attempt to modernize and minimize items' length and syntactic complexity, Srole's (1956) item "there's little use writing to public officials because they aren't really interested in the problems of the average man", was changed to "politicians don't care about the problems of the average person". Out of the 32 items, 16 items were adapted from previous scales (Agnew, 1980;Bjarnason, 1998;Fischer, 1973;Form, 1975;Kapsis, 1978;Mizruchi, 1960;Muftić, 2006;Rushing, 1971;Srole, 1956;Teevan, 1975;Winslow, 1968), and a further 16 items were generated by the authors. Item order was randomized to cancel out any sequence effect (7 items for moral decline, 7…”

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The Psychology of Anomie

Teymoori¹

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In sociology, anomie refers to a state of society characterized by chaos, the eroding of social regulation and moral values. Drawing upon recent developments in psychology, this thesis presents an analysis of anomie as a psychological construct. More specifically, this thesis aims to develop: a) a psychological conceptualization of anomie, b) a psycho-social analysis of the processes through which anomie leads to psychological outcomes, c) a social psychological conceptualization of individuals' responses to a high anomie contexts, d) a valid and reliable scale to measure anomie, and e) a cross-cultural examination of predictions that are derived from our conceptual framework of anomie.First, we present a historical overview of theoretical and empirical work on anomie (Chapter 2). The historical overview helps us to identify the contentious areas and longstanding problems in anomie literature requiring further development. We extend the theorizing on anomie by developing a psychological conceptualization of anomie (Chapter 3). As a psychological construct, we define anomie as the collective subjective perception about the state of society encompassing two conditions: the breakdown of social fabric (i.e., lack of trust and moral decline) and the breakdown in leadership (i.e., lack of legitimacy and effectiveness). This third chapter also examines individuals' responses to anomie. This is important to overcome the limitations of existing literature which typically conflates anomie with its outcomes. We argue that the primary psychological effect of anomie is the failure to satisfy four fundamental human needs including a need for a meaningful life, a need for self-esteem, a need to belong, and a need to have a sense of personal and collective control.We argue that there are two key responses to an anomic situation: a contraction of the personal self and a contraction of the social self. Contraction of personal self describes the detrimental consequences of anomie for personal well-being and the way it propels individuals to adopt control-restoring strategies such as authoritarianism. Contraction of social self refers to withdrawal from, and disidentification with, the superordinate group, thereby influencing the way individuals engage and interact with their social world. We argue that contraction of social self manifests itself as tribalism, a response whereby individuals withdraw from superordinate groups (trust becomes bounded) and turn to smaller groups on which they project familial ties.In order to enable an empirical examination of the conceptual framework of the psychology of anomie, we first develop a new measure, Perception of Anomie Scale (PAS, see Chapter 4). We operationalize anomie as a perception of the state of society encompassing two dimensions: perceived breakdown of social fabric and perceived breakdown of leadership. We present the evidence for the validity of the newly developed scale of PAS across six studies. Studies 1a (N = 199, first year psychology students from Australia) and 1b...

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Negative Psychological Sense of Community: Development of a Measure and Theoretical Implications

Mannarini

Rochira

Talò

2014

Journal Community Psychology

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are met by each other in the community; and third, the desire to invest and contribute to both the conservation and the innovation of such a collectivity. Research in PSOC has made progress in three directions: the development of evidence-based models and reliable measures, the testing of models and measures across different domains/targets, and the identification of associated outcomes.In terms of theory, the one that has withstood the test of time is the four-component model proposed by McMillan and Chavis (1986), which remains the reference model in the field almost 30 years after its formulation. According to the four-component model, PSOC reflects the concurrent presence of membership (i.e., a sense of belonging that marks the boundary between those who are part of a community and those who are not), mutual influence (i.e., a sense of bearing upon the community and the awareness of being influenced by the community itself), integration and need fulfillment (i.e., expectations about the possibility of having one's needs met by a community), and shared emotional connection (i.e., the feeling of being deeply involved in collective experiences). With few exceptions

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Black Ghetto Diversity and Anomie: A Sociopolitical View

Cited by 24 publications

References 19 publications

Sociological Indicators of Ethical Attitude toward Ethnic Humor: An Empirical Study on Persian Jokes

Sociological Indicators of Ethical Attitude toward Ethnic Humor: An Empirical Study on Persian Jokes

The Psychology of Anomie

Negative Psychological Sense of Community: Development of a Measure and Theoretical Implications

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