Attempted to differentiate among violent and nonviolent Israeli men (n=120) and predict their physical violence. Violent and nonviolent men could be differentiated primarily on basis of their attitudes and, to lesser degree, on basis of cognitions. Batterers' physical violence was significantly predicted by men's negative attitudes toward battered…

Discusses some tendencies in young children's thinking that have been identified by Piaget as helping a child's initial socialization to the God-concept. Attempts to explain such tendencies of thought as childhood nominal realism, internal necessity, and affirmation in childhood thought. (DB)

Interviews with 59 Mexican-American children (aged 9-12) and their mothers, plus a resource allocation task completed by the children, revealed that mothers with more ethnic knowledge and ethnic preferences had children with stronger ethnic identity and that children with stronger ethnic identity displayed greater concern for peers' resources and…

Offers suggestions for reducing and counteracting children's exposure to violence. Emphasizes negotiating and listening as well as instilling the values of forgiveness, self-esteem, playing, caring, and courage to socialize children to nonviolence. (YKH)

Argues that for children to develop autonomy they must be socialized into the values of the adult community but then exposed to those of other communities. Proposes that school choice plays a role in the first, but that other actions must be taken to ensure the second. (DSK)

Hypothesized that construct of ethnic perspective-taking ability (EPTA) would: (1) be related to ethnic identity, social perspective-taking ability (SPTA), and ethnic socialization; and (2) provide a distinction relative to SPTA. Subjects were Mexican-American high-schoolers. Found EPTA useful because it was significantly associated with SPTA but…

When first-year master's degree students were paired with second-year peer mentors, psychosocial mentoring had a positive effect on political and performance socialization, and career-related mentoring positively affected organizational relationships. Those who received more mentoring reported greater ability to cope with stress. (SK)

This longitudinal study examined relations between self-reported parental reactions to children's negative emotions (PNRs) and children's socially appropriate/problem behavior and negative emotionality. Evidence was consistent with the conclusion that relationship between children's externalizing, but not internalizing, emotion and parental…

Study aims to examine the linkage between social support provided to children in the context of the family and the quality of children's friendships outside the family and to then determine whether family support and friendship quality contribute to the child's self-esteem. Across ethnic groups, family support was predictive of friendship quality…

Presents an interdisciplinary discussion of the multiple dimensions of racism and formulates conceptions of its impact on the formation of healthy personalities. Describes how racism has both ideological and structural components and perpetuates itself recursively at the macro- and microlevels. (Author/GCP)

Suggests that Niklas Luhmann's perspective on socialization and education deserves attention from educational researchers. The paper reviews the paradigm change in systems theory, examines Luhmann's core concepts and their consequences, and discusses conceptual distinctions and determinations regarding issues of socialization and education,…

Examined the relation between mothers' perception of their capacity for controlling infant crying and a later measure of compliance with parent requests by toddlers. Found that toddlers of mothers in the low and high illusion of control (overestimating of maternal control) groups were more likely to be highly defiant than were toddlers of mothers…

The 19th-century emergence of a centralized, state-controlled school system helped stabilize government and legitimize a state model during a revolutionary period in French history. The centralized model assisted national integration goals by fabricating a symbolic public space. This ambitious political construction may be coming apart. (Contains…

Analyzes the impact of parental influence on gender role development and suggests that an androgynous gender role orientation may be more beneficial to children than a strict adherence to traditional gender roles. Families with one or more androgynous parents typically score highest on measures of parental warmth and support. (RJM)

Investigated peer socialization of gender-related social interaction styles with 224 students in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8. Both genders recognized the difference between agentic and communal interaction styles, but boys and girls showed different patterns of socialization responses, as discussed. (SLD)