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Psychosocial Development and Black Male Masculinity: Implications for Counseling Economically Disadvantaged African American Male Adolescents.
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Harris, Shanette M. – Journal of Counseling & Development, 1995
Examines the developmental and sex role factors of male adolescent African Americans and their importance for counseling interventions and the counselor-client relationship. This article discusses the relationship between tasks of psychosocial development and expressions of masculinity, examines the effects of this relationship on their response…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Youth, Counselor Client Relationship, Higher Education
'Cool Boys,''Party Animals,''Squids' and 'Poofters': Interrogating the Dynamics and Politics of Adolescent Masculinities in School.
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Martino, Wayne – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 1999
Drawing from interviews with adolescent boys ages 15-17 who attend a co-educational high school in Perth, Western Australia, explores the ways in which boys fashion their masculinities. Uses Foucault's claims about the production of subjectivity to investigate the norms informing the boys' conduct. Considers implications for addressing issues of…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Gender Issues, Group Dynamics
Schooling, Sexuality and Male Power: Towards an Emancipatory Curriculum.
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Mac an Ghaill, Mairtin – Gender and Education, 1991
The interrelationship between masculinity and schooling is explored for 10 gay males aged 16 to 19 years. Focal issues are the following: (1) sex education; (2) essentialism-constructionism; (3) sexual stereotyping; (4) sexual and gender systems; and (5) homosexuality. These perspectives recognize sexual/gender systems as a school organizing…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Curriculum Development, Educational Policy, Foreign Countries
The Differentiated Additive Androgyny Model: Relations between Masculinity, Femininity and Multiple Dimensions of Self-Concept.
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Marsh, Herbert W.; Byrne, Barbara M. – 1990
Masculinity (M) and femininity (F) were related to multiple dimensions of self-concept (SC) for responses to the: Bem Sex Role Inventory and the Self Description Questionnaire III (SDQ-III) by 898 Canadian university students (61% female) in Study 1, and Australian Sex-Role Scale and the SDQ-II by 1,858 Australian high school students (49% female)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Androgyny, College Students, Femininity
Gender Differences in Idiosyncratic Sex-Typed Self-Images and Self-Esteem.
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Orr, Emda; Ben-Eliahu, Edna – Sex Roles: A Journal of Research, 1993
Findings from 2 studies with 179 male and 158 female Israeli early adolescents and 97 male and 183 female Israeli university students show that male self-esteem is predicted significantly by masculine self-image (SI), female self-esteem is predicted by nonstereotyped SI, and feminine SI significantly predicts the self-esteem of neither gender.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, College Students, Females
Smart Boys: Talent, Manhood, and the Search for Meaning.
Kerr, Barbara A.; Cohn, Sanford J. – 2001
This book explores issues faced by gifted boys and men and the concerns of those around them. Section 1, "Giftedness and Masculinity," explores the relationship of special intellectual ability to the role of males in our society. The findings of a study on the male graduates of the accelerated learning class of 1969 are used as a cautionary tale.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Child Development, Child Rearing