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- Title
GENERALIZED EXPECTANCIES FOR CONTROL AMONG HIGH-SCHOOL STUDENTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF RACE, CLASS, AND GENDER.
- Authors
Magill, Brett A.
- Abstract
The present study examines the effects of race, class, and gender on perceptions of control among high-school students from the perspective of intersection theory. Using a subset of data from the 1979 cohort of the National Longitudinal Study of Youth (N = 4818) and a four-item measure of internality-externality, attributions of control were examined as they vary by race, class, and gender. Interaction effects were also examined and age was used as a control. Statistically significant but small main effects were found for race, class, and gender with blacks, working-class individuals, and women demonstrating greater externality than whites, individuals of higher class situation, and men. Statistically significant age effects were also noted while no interaction effects were found. It is concluded that racism, patriarchy, and capitalism as systems of power create inequalities in the lives of individuals that diminish the degree to which individuals see themselves in control of their experiences.
- Subjects
HIGH school students; RACE; SOCIAL classes; GENDER; LONGITUDINAL method; EJECTION (Psychology); RACE discrimination; PATRILINEAL kinship
- Publication
Race, Gender & Class, 2005, Vol 12, Issue 1, p82
- ISSN
1082-8354
- Publication type
Article