Adolescent Racial and Ethnic Group Differences in Social Attitudes and Adjustment

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"The purpose of this investigation was to test the prediction that white (i.e., 84 Anglo and 84 Latin American) and 84 Negro adolescents of similar mental ability levels differ in selected orientations toward society and its institutions and in personal-social adjustment. The self-report instruments used in this study were the Children''s Anxiety Scale and several Cooperative Youth Study scales designed to measure negativism toward society, criticism of education, family tensions, feelings of social inadequacy, and personal adjustment status. The only measure which distinguished reliably between white (both Anglo and Latin Americans) and Negroes was the CYS scale, Negative Orientation to Society, on which Negroes scored highest (or most negativistic) and Anglos lowest.".

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