Book
Boys in Little Italy: a comparison of their individual value orientations, family patterns, and peer group associations
R & E Research Associates • San Francisco • Published In 1978 • Pages:
By: Alissi, Albert S..
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.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2000
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Sociologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- John Beierle ; 1999
- Field Date
- no date
- Coverage Date
- not specified
- Coverage Place
- Little Italy, Cleveland, Ohio, United States
- Notes
- Albert S. Alissi
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-119)
- LCCN
- 77090360
- LCSH
- Italian Americans