This paper presented data that replicated and extended the landmark study by Coleman, done in 1957 and 1958, and attempted to answer two questions: a) does sports participation remain as the primary determinant of adolescent male status? and b) under what conditions is sports participation the most important status for high school males?…

In this paper, fourteen white ethnic groups and racial minorities are compared on the basis of a composite Social Standing Score derived from data on per capita income, male occupational prestige, and higher education achieved for each group in the United States. The groups selected include American Indian (including native Alaskan), Black,…

This paper discusses issues concerning legal protection and the legal rights of children, child law in the United States and in Europe, and attitudes of lawyers and child specialists regarding proposed changes in child protection and child rights laws. Several issues were identified. (1) How can children receive additional legal protection without…

IN ORDER TO UNDERSTAND YOUTH HANDICAPPED BY SOCIAL STATUS DIFFERENCES, IT WAS NECESSARY TO REALIZE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE ASPECTS WERE CONTRADICTORY ATTITUDES TOWARD SELF AND OTHERS, MATERIALISTIC ATTITUDES, LOW-LEVEL ASPIRATION AND MOTIVATION, AND DIFFERENT SOCIOCULTURAL PATTERNS. THE POSITIVE ASPECTS INCLUDED SELECTIVE MOTIVATION AND CREATIVITY,…

In this paper, the teaching of writing to black students is examined within the broader context of the education of blacks in American society. The purpose of a cultural historical approach to literacy is said to be the focus on black students' powers of expression, rather than on the technical accomplishments of writing, spelling, and…

Three variables, derived from Blau's (1955) analysis of consultation networks among federal agents and Homans' (1961) social exchange analysis, were manipulated to observe their effects on help seeking. Subjects were presented with a hypothetical situation where help was needed. Subjects indicated that they would be more likely to seek help from a…

The purpose of this paper is to develop a theoretical framework to describe and account for dynamic properties of status projection phenomena. The effort is limited in the main to consideration of occupational and educational status projections, and emphasis is given to the particular characteristics and attributes of the rural social milieu…

This monograph, done in Helsinki, Finland, contains the first and fourth sections dealing with design, hypotheses, results, and discussion, describing school achievement in terms of ability, trait, situational, and background variables. The report (1) investigates the structure of school achievement, (2) describes school achievement in terms of…

Discusses characteristics of family members which influence social standing of the family. Most important characteristics are occupational and educational attainments of husbands and wives. Ascribed characteristics deriving from social origins are also significant. (Author/DB)

Teachers should be taught to take leadership roles in the formulation of educational policy and practice in the school system. (JD)

To document counselor bias toward females and identify some of its correlates, six short case studies were devised describing either a male or female. When the study described a female, counselors chose occupations that paid less, required less prerequisite education, and were more closely supervised than a study describing a male. (Author)

Reviews literature dealing with social class and status, and presents a structural theory of the relationship between class and status group formation. Evidence is presented from studies of solidarity among 17 American ethnic groups and of voting in Australia. (Author/DB)

The significance of race is increasing, especially for middle class blacks who, because of school desegregation, affirmative action, and other integration programs are coming into direct contact with whites for the first time for extended interaction. (Author/AM)

This study, based on a survey of Milwaukee area adults, assigns the occupation of housewife a NORC prestige score of 70, one in the middle prestige range. Men and older raters evaluate it higher; working women and younger raters evaluate it lower. Housewife's social standing varies according to husband's occupation. (Author)