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Peer reviewedHallden, Gunilla – Gender and Education, 1999
Examines stories written by adolescent boys on the theme, "My Future Family." Stories reflected how boys explored male identity through the main character. Boys completed the assignment differently, connecting to various styles and genres (not found in girls' stories) and portraying widely varying main characters. Stories combined…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Family Life, Foreign Countries, Males
Peer reviewedHallden, Gunilla – Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 1998
Analyzed narratives about future family life and themselves as fathers written by 13- to 14-year-old boys in suburban and rural Swedish communities to examine adolescent construction of self-identity. Found that their writing connected to fellowship, equality, and knowledge transmission. The father role in the narratives gave boys access to adult…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescents, Content Analysis, Family Life
