RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN DOMINANCE AND TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR - A FIELD STUDY IN A YOUTH REHABILITATION SETTING

• NCJ Number: 2308
• Author(s): E Sundstrom; I Altman
• Date Published: 1972
• Length: 147 pages
• Grant Number(s): NI-70-065-PG-21
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice; US Dept of Justice NIJ Pub
• Corporate Author: University of Utah
• Publication Format: Document
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN DOMINANCE STATUS IN A GROUP AND USE OF THE PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT IN A JUVENILE REHABILITATION CONTEXT WERE INVESTIGATED.

Abstract

IT WAS HYPOTHESIZED THAT DOMINANCE RELATIONS AND TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR IN A GROUP REMAIN STABLE, LOW DOMINANT (SS) SHOW HIGHER TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR THAN HIGH DOMINANT (SS) AND HIGH DOMINANT (SS) USE HIGHLY DESIRABLE AREAS MORE OFTEN THAN DO OTHER GROUP MEMBERS. (SS) WERE JUVENILE DELINQUENT BOYS AGED 12 THROUGH 15 WHO LIVED IN A RESIDENTIAL COTTAGE IN A YOUTH REHABILITATION FACILITY. CONCLUSIONS INDICATE THAT AN ADEQUATE DESCRIPTION OF TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR IN A GROUP INVOLVES CONSIDERATION OF BOTH INTERPERSONAL ASPECTS OF THE GROUP AND PROPERTIES OF AREAS. FACTORS WHICH MAY BE ASSOCIATED WITH VARIABILITY IN TERRITORIAL BEHAVIOR INCLUDE DOMINANCE STATUS, INTERPERSONAL CONFLICT, AND DESIRABILITY OF AREAS. BECAUSE PREVIOUS CONCEPTIONS OF TERRITORY HAVE NOT ADEQUATELY CONSIDERED INTERPERSONAL FACTORS AND PROPERTIES OF AREAS, THE TERRITORY CONCEPT NEEDS TO BE EXTENDED IN ITS APPLICATION TO HUMAN BEHAVIOR. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED)