Questionnaire results indicated the majority of daughters who have a good relationship with their mothers see themselves and their mothers as feminist. However, they do not attribute their positive relationship explicitly to feminism. For daughters who claim to have a poor relationship with their mothers, they do attribute the problems to…

Factor analysis of variables relating to adolescents' perception of their home environment suggested five factors: extent of punishment, amount of chores at home, perceived parental control, absense of parents, and parents' attitude toward authority figures. Controlling for sex and age, these fators accounted for sizable portions of variance in…

A study of alienation among 32 Black high school students of both sexes indicated that the students were alienated from both society and school. The hypothesis that females are less alienated than males was not supported. A reconsideration of the concept of matriarchy, as applied to the Black lower class adolescent is proposed. (Author/CM)

Investigated differences between what people believe is proper premarital sexual behavior, what they do and what they think others are doing at five stages of dating. Results indicated persons are more restrictive in beliefs, more permissive in behavior, and most permissive in perceptions of others. During the early stages of dating, males and…

Explored the relationship between youthful subculture attitudes toward hedonism, immediate gratification, and drug use in a longitudinal study of California youths (N=23 and N=72). Specific attitude measures indicated no relationship between degree of drug use and youth subculture attitudes. (JAC)

Assesses the effect of exposure to different family structures (single parent families, reconstituted families, intact families) on the marital socialization of 127 males and 194 female adolescents. (Author/CM)

Concludes that relationships of dominance and dependence in the outside society foster inhibitions to the process of identification, and disturbances in the mechanisms of defense in the Mexican American adolescent. (Author/BL)

Examines relevant literature from the seventeenth century to the present regarding myths about adolescence. The findings do not support the contentions that adolescence is a time of rebellious, antisocial, and unacceptable behavior. Debunking of these myths will allow professionals who work with adolescents to maintain objectivity. (JAC)

Suggests that youth values of the 1970s, which centered upon hedonism, escapism, and a present orientation, influence a segment of youth today. Affluence, complex competitive pressures, and easy availability of success have made possible and encouraged self-oriented activity. Argues that countercultural activities produced these values and have,…

Several current views on the origins and meaning of adolescent intoxication are reviewed and the validity and utility of each perspective discussed. It is concluded that each occurrence of teenage drunkenness should be analyzed individually. (SJL)

Examined how Parisian adolescents (N=403) perceived their relationships. Found that images in test drawings associated with the fantasies of attraction toward the other sex, along with the ambiguities which characterize adolescence, rather than the reality of their relationships, influenced the subjects' responses. (Author/ABB)

Relates chronic illness in adolescents to a sociological model of deviance. Four situations are discussed in which the issues of prognosis, responsibility, and stigma elicit societal response. The usefulness of a sociological model consists in making vague societal perceptions and rules explicit. (JAC)

University students viewed a young woman in a socially oriented role-play that portrayed either a smoker or a nonsmoker. Smoker was rated more outgoing and sophisticated, less easy to manipulate, and less emotional than nonsmoker. No differences were found on other measures. Results are related to previous studies. (Author/EMK)

Uses a cross-sectional design to assess the reasoning of 65 children and adolescents in four age groups about kibbutz socio-political norms and issues. Responses to seven dilemmas are used to construct a developmental model of ideology labeled as kibbutzism, a variant of socialism circumscribed by the kibbutz. (JAC)

Contends that the apparent psychosocial inadequacies of contemporary adolescents stem from the widespread adult attitude of relegating them to the status of minors. Recommends that the dynamic principles of adult-adolescent relationships as well as child-rearing techniques in general, draw heavily from the provisions of Maslovian psychology. (JAC)