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The influence of class, race, sex, and educational status on ways of handling aggression and temper control were studied by means of responses to open- and closed-ended questions. The sample consisted of 1844 inner-city youth in two northern cities. Race was found to be the only important discriminator: blacks were less aggressive and exhibited more temper control than whites, but once aggression occurred blacks were more likely than whites to assault others.
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Area of specialization is social psychology. Currently working on an interpretation case history of a holocaust episode in a rural German community.
Area of specialization is social psychology. In Israel has studied the effects of ethnicity on a number of attitudinal and behavioral variables.
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Luchterhand, E., Weiler, L. Effects of class, race, sex, and educational status on patterns of aggression of lower-class youth. J Youth Adolescence 5, 59–71 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01537084
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