POL_S 428 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Social Disintegration, Substance Abuse, Prosocial Behavior

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Intimacy groups small group with frequent interactions, high similarity, and importance. These groups fulfill basic psychological needs need for achievement, need for identity, and need for affiliation. Status how power is distributed within the group. Roles expectations about how a person ought to behave. Cohesion time, likeability, external threats, and rewards (cid:1) Some basic features of gangs and gang life. Traditions of institutionalized violence which is often mirrored in families and interpersonal relationships. Social disintegration due to landless migrant labor force. Poor education and avenues for legitimate means of self- enhancement. A natural tendency for people, especially young people, to build solidarity with peers. The last two items on this list fall under the social identity explanation of gang membership (cid:1) Gang members often experience what staub terms difficult life conditions (staub, 2003) These conditions include psychological dislocation stemming from rapid social change, exposure to violence, economic hardship, and victimization due to devaluation of minority status.

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