Adolescent Women's Developing Identity: A Study of Self-Definition in the Context of Family Relationships.

Steward, Margaret S.; And Others

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Publication Date: 1979-Jun

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Adolescent Women's Developing Identity: A Study of Self-Definition in the Context of Family Relationships.

Steward, Margaret S.; And Others

Journal of Youth and Adolescence, v8 n2 p209-22 Jun 1979

Adolescent women's perception of their identity in relation to family members spanning three generation was related to their sex-role orientation. Significantly more constructs empirically differentiated family by generation than by sex. There was no relationship between family constellation and sex-role orientation. (Author/CP)

Descriptors: College Students, Extended Family, Family Relationship, Females, Generation Gap, Grandparents, Higher Education, Identification (Psychology), Individual Differences, Nuclear Family, Parents, Sex Role, Sex Stereotypes, Siblings

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Language: English

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