Publication Information
Author:
Alissi, Albert S.
Title:
Boys in Little Italy: a comparison of their individual value
orientations, family patterns, and peer group associations
Published By:
San Francisco: R & E Research Associates, 1978. ix, 119 p.:
ill.
By line:
Albert S. Alissi
HRAF Publication Information: New Haven, Conn.:
HRAF, 2000. Computer File
Culture:
Italian Americans (N010)
Subjects:
Theoretical orientation in research and its results (121);
Tests and schedules administered in the field (125);
Ethos (181);
Cultural participation (184);
Classes (565);
Social relationships and groups (571);
Nuclear family (594);
Extended families (596);
Abstract:
This study, dealing in large part with social theory, focuses on the
"Little Italy" section of Cleveland, Ohio. The aim of the study was to determine
to what extent boys of Alissi's sample (aged 12-18), with similar value
orientations also came from similar family types and peer groups. Alissi notes
that these social variables were so related as to distinguish the existence of
at least three diverse subsystems -- traditional, mobile, and deviant -- which
reflected predictably characteristic values, family types and peer group
properties. Alissi suggests that "the traditional subsystem was made up of
boys with existing value orientations who came from expanded families and
belonged to corner-boy groups; the mobile subsystem was made up of boys with
achieving value orientations who came from nuclear families and belonged to
college-boy groups; and the deviant subsystem was made up of boys with
conflicting value orientations who came from mixed families and belonged to
deviant-boy groups" (p. 81). The document concludes with appendices showing
examples of the questionnaires used to gather the data in this work.
Document Number:
56
Document ID: n010-056
Document Type:
Monograph
Language:
English
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p.
112-119)
Field Date:
no date
Evaluation:
Sociologist-5
Analyst:
John Beierle ; 1999
Coverage Date:
not specified
Coverage Place:
Little Italy,
Cleveland, Ohio, United States
LCSH:
Italian Americans
