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Media type:
E-Article
Title:
Voluntary Withdrawal from a Total Adult Socializing Organization: A Model
Contributor:
Rootman, Irving
imprint:
American Sociological Association, 1972
Published in:Sociology of Education
Language:
English
ISSN:
1939-8573;
0038-0407
Origination:
Footnote:
Description:
<p>A model to explain and predict voluntary withdrawal from a total adult socializing organization is derived from comprehensive data collected from the entering class of 1972 at the United States Coast Guard Academy. Of six variables found to explain most of the variance in withdrawal, "person-role fit" and "interpersonal fit" emerged as the major determinants of voluntary withdrawal. Voluntary withdrawal is viewed as a means of "coping" with the "strain" produced by a lack of these two kinds of "fit" between the individual and his socializing environment.</p>