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EXPLORING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN INDIVIDUAL AND STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTIONS, SELF-EVALUATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF INCOME FAIRNESS

Rickles, Michael L, Jr.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1365669591

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2013, Doctor of Philosophy, University of Akron, Sociology.
Background: Using the self-evaluation theory of legitimation (Della Fave, 1980; Shepelak, 1987; Shepelak and Alwin, 1986; Stolte, 1983, 1987) and the work of Matthew O. Hunt (1996, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2007; Hunt et al., 2000; Hunt and Wilson, 2009; Merolla, Hunt and Serpe, 2011), this study sought to understand the differences in the process of self-evaluation that emerge for different racial and ethnic groups, when taking several social-psychological constructs in to account. Methods: This study uses the Legitimation, Attribution and Self-Verification (LAS) Questionnaire (n= 1,107). These data were collected to measure people’s thoughts and feelings about social behavior, such as how people attribute success to themselves and others at work, the perceptions that individuals have about poverty in the United States, how education impacts the life chances of an individual and much more. Group Structural Equation Modeling (GSEM) was used to analyze the racial/ethnic group differences. Results: The group differences that were uncovered in the current research at as follows: First, for white respondents, demographic characteristics tend to be important for social psychological measures, namely mastery, but there does not seem to be an overriding pattern that determines how this group will self-evaluate. Black respondents as a group tended to place more emphasis on external measures, such as locus of control and reflected appraisals, for the process of self-evaluation. Latinos in this study were more influenced by internal social psychological processes – namely mastery – in their self-evaluative processes as a group.
Matthew Lee, Dr. (Advisor)
Richard Serpe, Dr. (Advisor)
John Zipp, Dr. (Committee Member)
Brian Pendleton, Dr. (Committee Member)
Joelle Elicker, Dr. (Committee Member)
130 p.
Sociology
race; race identity; self-attribution; self-evaluation; social psychology; identity theory; white; black; Latino; legitimation

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  • Rickles, Jr., M. L. (2013). EXPLORING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN INDIVIDUAL AND STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTIONS, SELF-EVALUATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF INCOME FAIRNESS [Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1365669591

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rickles, Jr., Michael. EXPLORING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN INDIVIDUAL AND STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTIONS, SELF-EVALUATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF INCOME FAIRNESS. 2013. University of Akron, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1365669591.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rickles, Jr., Michael. "EXPLORING RACIAL DIFFERENCES IN INDIVIDUAL AND STRUCTURAL ATTRIBUTIONS, SELF-EVALUATIONS AND PERCEPTIONS OF INCOME FAIRNESS." Doctoral dissertation, University of Akron, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=akron1365669591

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