Modernization Theory Revisited: A Cross-Cultural Study of Adolescent Conformity to Significant Others in Mainland China, Taiwan, and the USA.

Zhang, Jie; Thomas, Darwin L.

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Publication Date: 1994

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Modernization Theory Revisited: A Cross-Cultural Study of Adolescent Conformity to Significant Others in Mainland China, Taiwan, and the USA.

Zhang, Jie; Thomas, Darwin L.

Adolescence, v29 n116 p885-903 Win 1994

Responses from college students in differing cultural settings contradicted modernization theory (MT). Contrary to MT, education held less importance as a social institution. American society highly valued religion with the reverse holding true in the two Chinese societies. MT tests with cross-cultural data should always consider cultural characteristics. (RJM)

Descriptors: Adolescents, College Students, Conformity, Congruence (Psychology), Cross Cultural Studies, Cultural Background, Cultural Context, Cultural Influences, Cultural Traits, Developed Nations, Higher Education, Industrialization, Modernization, Traditionalism

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: China; Taiwan; United States

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