Relationship of familial and social factors to socialization in middle-class college students.

Abstract

A number of investigators have studied the factors associated with poor socialization by comparing adjudicated delinquents with nondelinquents. Sampling problems make the interpretation of many such studies ambiguous. The present study sought to determine the familial and social factors associated with differences in socialization in a nondelinquent population. Differences in socialization were defined by means of the California Personality Inventory Socialization Scale, a well-validated and standardized instrument that permitted the selection of male and female groups characterized by superior as well as inferior socialization b}' reference to national norms. The same basic patterns of associations were found as are usually obtained in studies of adjudicated delinquents, indicating that the results of such investigations are not simply artifacts of differential judicial procedures.

Initial Reliability and Validity of the Ohio State University TBI Identification Method

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Moral conduct and moral character: A psychological perspective.

“…Second, many people who consistently comply with social norms did not enjoy the sort of childhood experiences that produce a high degree of socialization. As Megargee, Parker, and Levine (1971) demonstrate, within any population of nondelinquents, it is always possible to identify a sizable subgroup charac-terized by low Socialization scores. Phrasing the question in terms of our original paradigm case, how can we explain the student's refusal to cheat if we discover that he is in fact poorly socialized?…”

Empathy and socialization in repeat offenders, first offenders, and normals.

“…In comparing a group of prisoners with military officers (controls), he found significantly more empathy in the control group. Kurtines and Hogan (1972) supported this finding in a reexamination of Megargee, Parker, and Levine's (1971) study of the familial and social factors of middle-class college students. Megargee et al (1971) found that poorly socialized students were quite similar to lower-class delinquents, which led Kurtines and Hogan (1972) to ask what factor, when present, was responsible for the conforming life styles of the college students and, when absent, resulted in delinquency.…”