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OUTGROUP EVALUATION AND SOCIAL IDENTITY AMONG BOYS AND GIRLS AS RELATED TO PARENTAL OCCUPATION AND RESIDENCE

By: Nazma Afroz

Key Words: Social identity, self-depreciation, parental occupation, misidentified perception, racial identification.

JLES-Vol-5-No-P-57-61, December 2010

Abstract

The study attempted to investigate social identity and out-group evaluation in adolescent boys and girls in relation to parental occupation and residential background. The study used a sample composed of 320 respondents. An Adjective Check List was used for data collection. A three way analysis of variance involving 2 levels of gender (boys/girls), 2 levels of parental occupation (business/service) and 2 levels of residence (urban/rural) was used for the computation of results. Results showed gender, parental occupation and residence had statistically significant effects on the respondents. A two-way interaction between profession and residence was also statistically significant. Respondents with service background evaluated out-group significantly less positively as compared to the respondents with business background. Again, girls evaluated out-group significantly less positively as compared to the boys. Moreover, respondents with urban residence evaluated out-group significantly less positively as compared to the respondents with rural residence.

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Nazma Afroz

OUTGROUP EVALUATION AND SOCIAL IDENTITY AMONG BOYS AND GIRLS AS RELATED TO PARENTAL OCCUPATION AND RESIDENCE

JLES-Vol-5-No-P-57-61, December 2010

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