Individual and Family Environment Patterns among Jews and Non-Jews

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56 Jewish and 42 non-Jewish adolescents completed measures of social desirability, fear of negative evaluation, moral anxiety, and self-acceptance. They also completed Moos's Family Environment Scale. Although there were no group differences on individual measures, there were differences in correlational patterns between Jews and Non-Jews. Correlations in opposite directions were found between self-acceptance and social desirability. For the Jewish group, the tendency to give socially desirable answers was related to lower self-acceptance; for the non-Jewish group, social desirability was related to high self-acceptance. Different patterns of correlations were also found between two Family Environment subscales of independence and control. These scores were negatively correlated for the Jewish group. A high level of control in the family was associated with lower independence. For non-Jews, high levels of control were related to higher independence. This finding was discussed in regard to the frequency of “leaving home” issues reported among Jewish families.

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