The values of three male Caucasian populations : convicted felons, factory workers and undergraduate college students as determined by the study of values and selection of reference persons

• Main Author: Teters, Joyce E.
• Other Authors: Cacavas, Peter D.
• Format: Others
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Social psychology.; Imitation.; Influence (Psychology)
• Online Access: http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/181378; http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/418125

The major purpose of this study was to identify value selection and to determine whether or not differences in value selection existed between male Caucasian populations of convicted felons, factory workers, and undergraduate college students. In order to identify value selection and to measure differences in values between populations, two instruments were utilized in this research study. Instruments used in the study were Allport, Vernon, and Lindzey's Study of Values, and a questionnaire developed by Estelle Darrah in 1898 and revised by the researcher. The Study of Values (Allport, Vernon, and Lindzey, 1960) identified the theoretical, economic, aesthetic, social, political, and religious values of the sample populations. The revised questionnaire attempted: (1) To determine respondent's acceptance or rejection of various statements indicative of the Protestant Ethic; (2) To provide the researcher with information concerning respondent's age, grade level, occupational aspirations, and father's occupation; (3) To identify reference persons or sources of the subjects' values and aspirations.