- 著者
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宝月 誠
- 出版者
- 日本社会学会
- 雑誌
- 社会学評論 (ISSN:00215414)
- 巻号頁・発行日
- vol.29, no.2, pp.28-40, 1978-09-30 (Released:2010-02-05)
- 参考文献数
- 29
Labelling-effect on a deviant has been discussed in terms of negative reaction, an exclusion or avoidance which causes social deprivations to imputed labellee. My process approach focusing on Identity Problem would seem to possess a merit for finding out labellee's adaptive process to labelling. When labellee dose not yet reach the deviant career in which he defines himself as a deviant, he suffers from some embarrassment because of discrepancy between self-identity and social-identity. I call it Identity Problem. There are some strategies for him to adapt to it-avowal, acquiescence, modification, flight, declaration of non-conformist, exchange for another deviant identity. If he wants to modify social identity as a deviant, he must keep his hands clean in his every activities not to be unjustly and make every endeavor to call back to his credibility through a certain line of action-say, achievement of work or social services. At the same time, it is important that there is a certain group which supports his efforts and gives him normal identity, because it is difficult for labellee to maintain his motivation for a long time under the condition in which others continue to identify his real trait as a deviant.Without, such a support, he gives up his endeavors and try to use another adaptation. He might fall into a deviant avowal. Paradoxically, the stronger he wants to modify his deviant identity, the more often he becomes a deviant avowal, since he is forced to do something to liquidate his unattainable desire. The technique he often uses is to do self-degradation by committing some deviant behavior again. The trigger of this self-degradation would be easily pulled when he defines other's attitude unchangeable ; lacks of his tolerance of embarrassment ; and happens to be caught-in precipitating factors-say, an insult by significant others or a temptation by deviant group.