The social identity and inter-group attitudes of white English- and Afrikaans-speaking adolescents
- Authors: Smith, Timothy Byron
- Date: 1996
- Subjects: Afrikaners -- Ethnic identity , Whites -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Teenagers -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Youth -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Identity (Psychology) in adolescence , Prejudices -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3059 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002568 , Afrikaners -- Ethnic identity , Whites -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Teenagers -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Youth -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Identity (Psychology) in adolescence , Prejudices -- South Africa
- Description: Issues of group identity and prejudice have played a large role in the history of South Africa. To examine differences between White English- and Afrikaans-speaking adolescents within the context of the "new" South Africa, data was collected from 553 high school students using a questionnaire which assessed aspects of these groups' perceptions of themselves (their identities), attitudes toward other racial groups (their prejudices), and beliefs about their rapidly changing socio-political environment. A discriminant function analysis conducted with these variables correctly identified group membership at a rate much higher than chance (p < .00001). Post hoc univariate analyses indicated that compared with Afrikaans-speakers, English-speakers demonstrated significantly less identification with their own culture, less racial prejudice but also less willingness to make retribution to those who were oppressed by Apartheid, and less concern/confusion over the recent changes which have taken place in the country. Descriptive and correlational analyses also provided additional, valuable information regarding the variables assessed in the study. Overall, the results seemed to indicate that the adolescent subjects of this study find themselves in a state of transition.
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- Date Issued: 1996
- Authors: Smith, Timothy Byron
- Date: 1996
- Subjects: Afrikaners -- Ethnic identity , Whites -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Teenagers -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Youth -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Identity (Psychology) in adolescence , Prejudices -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Masters , MA
- Identifier: vital:3059 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1002568 , Afrikaners -- Ethnic identity , Whites -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Teenagers -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Youth -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Identity (Psychology) in adolescence , Prejudices -- South Africa
- Description: Issues of group identity and prejudice have played a large role in the history of South Africa. To examine differences between White English- and Afrikaans-speaking adolescents within the context of the "new" South Africa, data was collected from 553 high school students using a questionnaire which assessed aspects of these groups' perceptions of themselves (their identities), attitudes toward other racial groups (their prejudices), and beliefs about their rapidly changing socio-political environment. A discriminant function analysis conducted with these variables correctly identified group membership at a rate much higher than chance (p < .00001). Post hoc univariate analyses indicated that compared with Afrikaans-speakers, English-speakers demonstrated significantly less identification with their own culture, less racial prejudice but also less willingness to make retribution to those who were oppressed by Apartheid, and less concern/confusion over the recent changes which have taken place in the country. Descriptive and correlational analyses also provided additional, valuable information regarding the variables assessed in the study. Overall, the results seemed to indicate that the adolescent subjects of this study find themselves in a state of transition.
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- Date Issued: 1996
An investigation of the judgement of a sample of South African adolescent schoolchildren in certain areas of moral behaviour
- Authors: Hayward, Fritz Reitz
- Date: 1966
- Subjects: Teenagers -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Youth -- South Africa -- Conduct of life , Multiculturalism -- Moral and ethical aspects , Moral education -- South Africa , Moral development -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:1998 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015009
- Description: A. The Aims The modern adolescent is frequently accused of being morally lax; his judgement of moral issues is held in question; and parents, church and school are accused of having lost their influence on present-day youth. The writer wes lnterested in finding out whether these accusations could in fact be substantiated amongst a sample of adolescent school-children in a selected urban area. The aims of the research, therefore, were as follows :- (i) to investigate the judgement of these adolescents in certain given areas of moral behaviour, (ii) to determine whether there were any appreciable differences between the Afrikaans-speaking and English-speaking adolescents of the sample in their judgements of these moral issues, (iii) to determine whether there were any appreciable differences between adolescent boys and girls of the sample in their judgement of these moral issues, (iv) to explore the influences which caused the tested adolescents to re-act as they did.
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- Date Issued: 1966
- Authors: Hayward, Fritz Reitz
- Date: 1966
- Subjects: Teenagers -- South Africa -- Attitudes , Youth -- South Africa -- Conduct of life , Multiculturalism -- Moral and ethical aspects , Moral education -- South Africa , Moral development -- South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Thesis , Doctoral , PhD
- Identifier: vital:1998 , http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1015009
- Description: A. The Aims The modern adolescent is frequently accused of being morally lax; his judgement of moral issues is held in question; and parents, church and school are accused of having lost their influence on present-day youth. The writer wes lnterested in finding out whether these accusations could in fact be substantiated amongst a sample of adolescent school-children in a selected urban area. The aims of the research, therefore, were as follows :- (i) to investigate the judgement of these adolescents in certain given areas of moral behaviour, (ii) to determine whether there were any appreciable differences between the Afrikaans-speaking and English-speaking adolescents of the sample in their judgements of these moral issues, (iii) to determine whether there were any appreciable differences between adolescent boys and girls of the sample in their judgement of these moral issues, (iv) to explore the influences which caused the tested adolescents to re-act as they did.
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- Date Issued: 1966
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