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The Influence of American Urban Culture on the Development of Normative Beliefs About Aggression in Middle‐Eastern Immigrants
Author(s) -
Souweidane Violet,
Huesmann L. Rowell
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
american journal of community psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.113
H-Index - 112
eISSN - 1573-2770
pISSN - 0091-0562
DOI - 10.1023/a:1022887702034
Subject(s) - aggression , normative , immigration , health psychology , psychology , middle east , developmental psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , social psychology , public health , demography , medicine , sociology , environmental health , geography , political science , nursing , archaeology , law
The effects of a community's culture on children's and adolescents' normative beliefs about the appropriateness of aggression were examined. One hundred forty‐seven high school students and 103 fourth graders participated in a survey of normative beliefs; 69 high school and 44 elementary school students were of Middle‐Eastern background. Although there were no differences in the beliefs of immigrant and nonimmigrant fourth graders, adolescents born in the United States were more accepting of aggression than those who immigrated from the Middle East. Moreover, adolescents who immigrated to the U.S. at age 12 or later were less accepting of aggression than those who immigrated prior to age 12.