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Mutproben im Ubergang vom Kindes--ins Jugendalter, Befunde zu Verbreitung, Formen und Motiven (Tests of Courage during the Transition from Childhood to Adolescence--Findings Concerning Their Dissemination, Forms, and Motives).
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Raithel, Jurgen – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 2003
Summarizes a courage behavior study of 1050 children and adolescents in Northrhine-Westphalia (Germany). Notes that most tests of courage are performed by 11-year-olds. Reveals that boys perform twice as many acts of courage as girls. Discusses the gender specific differences in relation to the development of children and adolescents. (CAJ)
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Behavior, Adolescent Development, Adolescents
Social Change as a Methodological Problem: Exemplified by Analyses of the Development of Individualism and Collectivism in Adolescents from East and from West Berlin between 1990 and 1992.
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Boehnke, Klaus; Merkens, Hans – Zeitschrift fur Padagogik, 1995
Considers the problems inherent in researching changes in social values and individual perspectives among selected age groups. Asserts that studies aimed at researching both aspects need to be organized as longitudinal studies. Utilizes data taken from a study of East and West Berlin adolescents to reveal specific research problems. (MJP)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Age Differences, Beliefs, Cognitive Development