COMPETITION AND VIOLENCE IN THE AMERICAN CHARACTER

• NCJ Number: 18924
• Author(s): H J LALLY
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 159 pages
• Sale Source: UMI Dissertation Services; National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Thesis/Dissertation
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: DISSERTATION - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA

Annotation

EXPLORES THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE UNDERLYING CAUSE OF SOCIAL UNREST LIES IN THE LINKAGE OF COMPETITION AND AGGRESSION IN AMERICAN CHARACTER.

Abstract

A STUDY TO TEST THIS THEORY EMPIRICALLY WAS FORMUALTED WITH RESPECT TO SAMPLES OF AMERICAN AND NON-AMERICAN GRADUATE STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA. SIX WORKING HYPOTHESES WERE ADVANCED. THE DATA TO TEST THESE HYPOTHESES WERE OBTAINED BY MEANS OF A SELF-ADMINISTERED QUESTIONNAIRE, AND FOUR SCALES WERE DESIGNED TO MEASURE COMPETITION, AGGRESSION, PERCEPTION OF COMPETITION, AND PERCEPTION OF AGGRESSION. THE UNDERLYING THEORETICAL RELATION ASSUMED TO HOLD BETWEEN COMPETITION AND AGGRESSION WAS BORNE OUT FOR ALL SAMPLE GROUPS, THOUGH STRONG INDICATIONS WERE PRESENT THAT THE RELATION MAY BE MORE COMPLEX THAN ORIGINALLY ASSUMED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)