Pride and prejudice in high school gang members.

From: Adolescence | Date: June 22, 1994| Author: | Copyright information

This study compared gang versus nongang high school students along measures of self-esteem, racial attitudes and their self-professed role models. A total of 78 Caucasians (65 nongang and 36 gang members) participated. Results indicated that gang members had significantly lower levels of self-esteem compared to their nongang peers. All students, regardless of ethnicity, manifested negative racial stereotyping toward racial outgroups; gang members were not more racially prejudiced compared to other students. The role model data revealed that overall, gang members could name fewer role models ...

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