Listen to the Children: Where Adolescents Obtain Role Models.

Phillips, Theodore M.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ518742

Record Type: Journal

Publication Date: 1995

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Listen to the Children: Where Adolescents Obtain Role Models.

Phillips, Theodore M.; And Others

Rural Educator, v17 n1 p24-26 Fall 1995

A survey of 150 poor rural students in grades 4-8 revealed that age is relevant in choosing role models, that there are major gender differences in the types of glamour figures selected as role models and as simple figures of success, and that age and gender appear to affect youth's perceptions of success and their occupational choice. (LP)

Descriptors: Age Differences, Economically Disadvantaged, Identification (Psychology), Intermediate Grades, Junior High Schools, Occupational Aspiration, Role Models, Rural Schools, Rural Youth, Sex Differences, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys, Success

Publication Type: Reports - Research; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Mississippi

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