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African American Mothers' and Daughters' Beliefs about Possible Selves and Their Strategies for Reaching the Adolescents' Future Academic and Career Goals.
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Kerpelman, Jennifer L.; Shoffner, Marie F.; Ross-Griffin, Sabrina – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 2002
Combined quantitative and qualitative data to examine beliefs and strategies related to possible selves in a sample of 22 rural African American female adolescents and their mothers. Findings from Q-sort data indicate two distinct mother-daughter groups, with one group emphasizing the daughter's personal attributes and the other putting greatest…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Beliefs, Blacks, Career Choice
Self-image Complexity and Identity Formation in Adolescence: Longitudinal Studies
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Hauser, Stuart T. – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1976
Sixty normal and psychiatrically hospitalized adolescents were tested for multiple self image using a specially designed Q sort technique, initially and then every 6 months for 12-18 months. Each subject's self image was analyzed in terms of complexity. (Author/DEP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cognitive Development, Individual Differences, Institutionalized Persons
Ideology and Personality: Aspects of Identity Formation in Adolescents with Strong Attitudes Toward Sex-Role Equalitarianism
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Kirsch, Patricia Ann; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1976
Adolescents with strong attitudes for and against the sex role ideology of the Women's Movement were administered a Q-sort to study flexibility-rigidity and independence-dependence. The results showed that beliefs in equalitarian sex role behaviors are significantly related to aspects of identity formation in white middle class adolescent boys and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, Feminism, Identification (Psychology)