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24.23 Strain towards negative identity ........... 413
(a) Hypothesis ............................ 413
(b) Comparison of Aboriginal and non-
Aboriginal response to Statement 32 -
strain towards negative identity ...... 414
(c) Discussion ............................ 414
24.24 Functional constancy ....................... 415
(i) Location within a family structure .... 415
(a) Hypothesis ....................... 416
(b) Comparison of Aboriginal and non-
Aboriginal response to Statements 41
and 33 - functional constancy within
the family ....................... 416
(c) Discussion ....................... 417
(ii) Attitudes towards parents
(a) Hypothesis ....................... 417
(b) Comparison of Aboriginal and non-
Aboriginal response to Statements 46
and 34 - attitudes to family ..... 417
, (c) Discussion ..... 418
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24.3 Identity-diffusion
24.31 Feeling of being a non-person.............. 418
(a) Hypothesis ............................ 419
(b) Comparison of Aboriginal and non-
Aboriginal response to Statements 4
and 39 - feeling of being a non-
person ................................ 419
(c) Discussion ............................ 419
24.32 Confirmation of identity by others ..... 420
(a) Hypothesis ............................ 420
(b) Comparison of Aboriginal and non-
Aboriginal response to Statement 24 -
the confirming of identity by
others ................... 421
. (c) Discussion ...................... 421
24.33 Strain towards withdrawal .................. 421
(a) Hypothesis ............................ 422
(b) Comparison of Aboriginal and non-
Aboriginal response to Statement 14 -
strain towards withdrawal ............. 423
(c) Discussion ............................ 423∙
24.34 Strain towards withdrawal in the school
situation .................................. 423
(a) Hypothesis ...........'................. 423
(b) Comparison of Aboriginal and non-
Aboriginal response to Statements 2,6,
30, 9, 20, 8 - strain towards withdrawal
in the school situation.......... 424
(c) Discussion ............ 425
24.4 Summary......................... 426
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