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Peer reviewedCohen, Jere – Adolescence, 1979
A new factor-analytic method for measuring student subcultures was developed and applied to data collected by James Coleman at Newlawn High School. The three subcultures identified were precisely the ones posited by Burton Clark: the academic, the fun, and the delinquent subcultures. (Author/KC)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Adults, Delinquent Behavior
Peer reviewedCohen, Jere – Adolescence, 1976
James Coleman's theory of high school leading crowd is tested. Changes over the school year are measured for students at Newlawn High, a suburban, working-class school, using data from Coleman's "Adolescent Society" study. (Editor)
Descriptors: Data Analysis, Group Behavior, Group Dynamics, Group Norms
