Psychological and Sociological Dimensions of Anomie in a Psychiatric Population

Lowe, C. Marshall; Damankos, Frederick J.

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“…To the extent that anomie is characterized by feelings of helplessness (Seeman, 1959), the student activists' high scores would seem somewhat inconsistent; that is, their basic posture would appear to be one of confronting society, rather than one of more passive withdrawal. However, this probably can be explained in terms of the multidimensionality of the anomie concept (e.g., Elmore, 1962;Lowe & Damankos, 1968;Neal & Rettig, 1967). Which direction alienationfrom spp.ipty telrpia may wall depend upon such variables as the involve-.ment or commitment that the person feels, ancTone!…”

Section: Alienationmentioning

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Alienation and activism in today's college-age youth: Socialization patterns and current family relationships.

Watts¹,

Lynch²,

Whittaker³

1969

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Compared 56 student activists to 151 Ss of a nonstudent subculture (consisting of nonconformist youth who are neither formally registered university Ss nor members of the conventional work force). Then each was compared to a random sample of students at the same institution. The activists and the nonstudents scored high on anomie; and the nonstudents were estranged from their families, the activists were not. Differences in socialization patterns, current attitudes, and values were reported and discussed in terms of their relevance to the question of whether societal rejection takes the form of active confrontation or passive withdrawal. (17 ref.)

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Section: Alienationmentioning

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Alienation and activism in today's college-age youth: Socialization patterns and current family relationships.

Watts¹,

Lynch²,

Whittaker³

1969

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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“…The literature (e.g. Struening & Richardson 1965;Lowe & Damankos, 1968) also reflects a continuing hope that procedures such as factor analysis or Guttman scaling will produce some definitive, generally acceptable order out of the chaos of vaguely related measurements (and of varying names for obviously related scales), and concerning this effort two conclusions seem warranted: (a) the dimensions and scales produced in this way have not been notably successful so far as their adoption to date is concerned; and (b) they tend to be dominated by the Srole (1956) or Srole-like (McClosky & Schaar, 1965) items, which is to say that typically one of the major axes generated is something akin to alienation conceived as generalized unhappiness, negativism, or despair (rather than, let us say, a narrower powerlessness component).…”

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Empirical Alienation Studies: An Overview

Seeman

1976

Theories of Alienation

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The very existence of this chapter on alienation should be recognized as a confirmation of sorts. Though many have declared the idea of alienation wearied and moribund (its obituary already written, Lee 1972), the evidence compiled here suggests otherwise. There is, in the first place, a strong continuing empirical and theoretical interest in alienation; and second, it is commonplace to find formulations that make no express use of the term itself but that are coordinate with, if not directly indebted to, the classical interest in 'alienation.' This suggests that the cautions involved work both ways: the enthusiasts make alienation the master concept -conveniently imprecise, empirically omnipresent, and morally irresistible when employed as a critique; while the doubters, with equal convenience, forget that dismissing the word in no way eliminates our dependence upon the root ideas concerning personal control and comprehensible social structures which the alienation tradition embodies.These introductory remarks correctly imply that intellectual struggle, along with empirical profusion, have characterized the recent history of alienation studies. The intellectual struggle is perhaps best reflected in two major reviews of the alienation literature, by Schacht (1970) and Israel (1971). Schacht, a philosopher, surveys the classical sources (chiefly Hegel and Marx) and the modern literature (Fromm, Horney, the sociologists, and existentialists), documenting two important theses: (a) the confusion of meanings that we currently associate with alienation has been there from the beginning (e.g. one finds both 'separation' and 'surrender' in the Hegelian treatment), and (b) an unsteady union of descriptive and prescriptive interests makes steady trouble in the concept's use. Israel's work covers much the same historical ground, and, like Schacht, he gives detailed attention to the predominantly American empirical studies of the past decade. Neither of these writers is very happy with the empirical spirit or product, and on at least two major counts they agree regarding the source of their unhappiness: they find• Reprinted from Annual Review of Sociology, volume 1,1975 ; originally entitled: "Alienation Studies". ··University

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“…The literature (e.g. Struening & Richardson 1965;Lowe & Damankos, 1968) also reflects a continuing hope that procedures such as factor analysis or Guttman scaling will produce some definitive, generally acceptable order out of the chaos of vaguely related measurements (and of varying names for obviously related scales), and concerning this effort two conclusions seem warranted: (a) the dimensions and scales produced in this way have not been notably successful so far as their adoption to date is concerned; and (b) they tend to be dominated by the or Srole-like (McClosky & Schaar, 1965) items, which is to say that typically one of the major axes generated is something akin to alienation conceived as generalized unhappiness, negativism, or despair (rather than, let us say, a narrower powerlessness component).…”

Section: Powerlessnessmentioning

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Theories of Alienation

1976

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No part of this book may be reproduced in any form by print, photoprint, microfilm or any other means, without written permission from the publisher.Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1976 LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS XI Life (1967) presented work on the American philosopher, George Santayana. His most recent book is Intermediate Man, currently under consideration by a publisher. In it the concepts of mediation and psychic distance are developed in detail. They are applied to a wide range of phenomena ranging from centralized government to the drug culture to yield what he hopes is a novel approach to alienation.

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Psychological and Sociological Dimensions of Anomie in a Psychiatric Population

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Alienation and activism in today's college-age youth: Socialization patterns and current family relationships.

Alienation and activism in today's college-age youth: Socialization patterns and current family relationships.

Empirical Alienation Studies: An Overview

Theories of Alienation

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