COMMITMENT AMONG ARAB ADOLESCENTS IN ISRAEL

Arab adolescents' commitments to their own self-development, their fam ily, their extended family, the Arab people, and their village were ex plored. The sample consisted of 662 Arab adolescents in 12th grade in 7 high schools in Arab villages, Arab towns, and mixed towns (Jews and Arabs) in Israel. The findings reflect the unique situation of Arab a dolescents living in Israel. The polarity found between individualisti c and collectivistic ideas, in terms of commitment, illustrates the cu ltural transformation that Arab society in Israel is currently undergo ing.