Differential Anomic Responses in a Religious Community
A religious community of nuns, in which institutional change has resulted in a situation of structural anomie, is examined with a view to discovering what types of persons in the community experience individual feelings of anomie. The data point to the conclusion that three variables are operating t...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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1978
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Sociological analysis
Year: 1978, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 62-76 |
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| Summary: | A religious community of nuns, in which institutional change has resulted in a situation of structural anomie, is examined with a view to discovering what types of persons in the community experience individual feelings of anomie. The data point to the conclusion that three variables are operating to determine individual anomie: authoritarianism, traditionalism, and a non-rational orientation. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710162 |