This study focuses on the processes by which different social groups (family and peer group) and social institutions (church, school, and mass media) affect the political socialization of Greek-American adolescents. The study is empirically based, and relies on analyses of survey data gathered from different Greek-American communities throughout the United States. The sample was 160 male and 231 female Greek-American adolescents who were 16, 17, and 18 years of age. / The study dealt with a number of political behavior variables, such as political knowledge, political awareness, political trust, political efficacy, political participation, and future activism. The relationships of these variables were examined through the use of a formal model. / Path analysis was utilized to demonstrate the influence exerted by the socializing agents on respondents' acquisition of the different attitudes and behaviors. / Social institutions (church, school, mass media) tended to be more influential than primary groups (family and peer group). The mass media and the church exerted the greatest direct and indirect influence on acquisition of political attitudes for the Greek-American adolescents in this study. Females and high status adolescents of both sexes tended to be more politically knowledgeable than males and low status adolescents of both sexes. / Greek-American adolescents tended to deviate from the mainstream of American society in certain ways of socialization. This is evidenced through the strong and unique direct effect of the peer group--especially among females, and among both sexes when controlled for status. It was also seen in the indirect effect of the family which indirectly influenced to some extent the exerted effects of the other agents. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-11, Section: A, page: 3345. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75211 |
| Contributors | KARAGEORGE, DEMETRIOS., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 152 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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