Understanding gang membership: The significance of group processes
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...For example, grounded theory (Strauss & Corbin, 1994) may provide indepth insight from gang members since participants will not be constrained by the limits imposed by questionnaire items....
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...Uncertainty-identity theory (Hogg, 2000) explains that feeling uncertain about personal identity motivates people to identify with a group and, in line with social categorization tenets (Abrams & Hogg, 2010; Tajfel & Turner, 1986) use their group membership to categorize themselves and others according to sets of attitudes and behaviors that epitomize group membership....
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...Uncertainty-identity theory (Hogg, 2000) explains that feeling uncertain about personal identity motivates people to identify with a group and, in line with social categorization tenets (Abrams & Hogg, 2010; Tajfel & Turner, 1986) use their group membership to categorize themselves and others…...
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...Cognitive schemas are cognitive structures that enable individuals to screen, encode, and evaluate social stimuli (Beck, 1964)....
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...Research has noted the existence of pluralistic ignorance in gang members who have expressed privately that they feel extreme discomfort with some of their criminal activities (Matza, 1964)....
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