LABELING BY SELF AND OTHERS - THE COMPARISON OF BEHAVIOR AMONG 'ANTI-SOCIAL' AND 'PRO-SOCIAL' CHILDREN IN AN OPEN COMMUNITY AGENCY

• NCJ Number: 30042
• Journal: Criminal Justice and Behavior Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1975) Pages: 258-275
• Author(s): J S WODARSKI; R A FELDMAN; S J PEDI
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 18 pages
• Corporate Author: American Assoc of Correctional Psychologists
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

RESULTS FROM OBSERVATION OF 155 MALE, ANTI-SOCIAL CHILDREN AND 221 PRO-SOCIAL CHILDREN AT A COMMUNITY CENTER FOR TWO HOURS PER WEEK FOR 30 WEEKS ARE DISCUSSED IN TERMS OF RELEVANCE FOR LABELING THEORY.

Abstract

THE MALES IDENTIFIED AS ANTI-SOCIAL WERE BETWEEN THE AGES OF EIGHT AND 16 AND WERE REFERRED BY VARIOUS PROFESSIONALS, I.E. TEACHERS, SCHOOL COUNSELORS, PSYCHIATRISTS AND SOCIAL WORKERS. CHILDREN WERE PRETESTED AND POSTTESTED ON SELF-INVENTORIES TO MEASURE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. IN ADDITION, SIGNIFICANT ADULTS, SUCH AS GROUP COUNSELORS, FILLED OUT PRE-AND POSTTEST INVENTORIES TO MEASURE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOR. THE BEHAVIORAL DATA REVEALED THAT THE TWO CATEGORIES OF CHILDREN DID NOT SIGNIFICANTLY DIFFER IN INCIDENCE OF PRO-SOCIAL AND ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR. HOWEVER, DATA PROVIDED BY SELFINVENTORIES WERE NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE BEHAVIORAL DATA.