Eastern European Transformation and Youth Attitudes toward Violence
Abstract: This cross-national examination of the motives behind adolescent approval of violence in major cities in Germany and four Eastern European transformation societies (Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, Slovenia) draws on Institutional Anomie Theory (IAT), which leads us to expect higher instrumental motivation for violence among adolescents in the transforming societies. Differences in institutional structure and cultural orientations between Germany and the Eastern European societies are assessed using data from ILO and ESS. Analysis of the different motives for violence is based on data collected by the Criminological Research Institute of Lower Saxony (KFN) in Kraków, Volgograd, Ljubljana, Plzen, and Hamburg. Comparability and cross-cultural interpretability of the violence attitude measure is assessed by applying confirmatory factor analyses in multi-group comparisons. A lack of sufficient data meant that specific assumed linkages as implied by IAT could not be established, but the.... https://www.ijcv.org/index.php/ijcv/article/view/2875
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
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Englisch
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Eastern European Transformation and Youth Attitudes toward Violence ; volume:5 ; number:2 ; day:11 ; month:12 ; year:2011
International journal of conflict and violence ; 5, Heft 2 (11.12.2011)
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Eva Maria Groß
Berit Haußmann
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10.4119/ijcv-2875
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2020062210430532101492
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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- Eva Maria Groß
- Berit Haußmann
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