The Relations among Anomie, Dogmatism, and Selected Personal‐Social Factors in Asocial Adolescent Boys

Black, Mexican, and white American high school boys were studied to examine relations between observed asocial behavior and anomie, dogmatism, and selected personal‐social variables. Hypotheses were predicated on the assumptions that belief systems of anomie adolescent boys would center about a dim world view, indicating closed‐mindedness (dogmatism); anomie, closed‐minded boys would be more likely than their counterparts to pursue illegitimate goals in order to reduce their anomie condition. The study investigates whether boys who exhibit observed asocial school behavior also manifest high anomie, dogmatism, and self‐reported asociality (tested predelinquency).