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Kosten, Paul A.; Scheier, Lawrence M.; Grenard, Jerry L. – Youth & Society, 2013
This study used latent class analysis to examine typologies of peer conformity in a community sample of middle school students. Students responded to 31 items assessing diverse facets of conformity dispositions. The most parsimonious model produced three qualitatively distinct classes that differed on the basis of conformity to recreational…
Descriptors: Peer Influence, Middle School Students, Gender Differences, Early Adolescents
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Brinkman, Britney G; Rabenstein, Kelly L.; Rosén, Lee A.; Zimmerman, Toni S. – Youth & Society, 2014
In the current study, 45 girls and 41 boys participated in focus groups following a program designed to teach them about social justice. The children articulated the discrepancy between their own gender identity and gender role stereotypes and discussed potential problems with conforming to gender role expectations as well as consequences of…
Descriptors: Focus Groups, Social Justice, Gender Differences, Identification (Psychology)