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Keyes, Susan; Coleman, John – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1983
A study of British adolescents was conducted. Though no sex differences were found for personal adjustment, females experienced more conflict over sex-role issues. Subjects who experienced the highest levels of sex-role conflict also experienced more problems in personal adjustment when they perceived themselves as deficient in…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Educational Attainment, Foreign Countries, Role Conflict
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Dixon, Carolyn – International Studies in Sociology of Education, 1996
Explores the tensions and interactions among four 13-year-old boys in a British secondary classroom. Suggests that the boys subscribe to a hegemonic ideal of masculinity that celebrates autonomy as the individualized rejection of dependence in relationships in school. Relates this to broader changes in available social texts. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, Cultural Influences