Early Adolescent Female Gendered Identity Formation Through the Lens of Popularity and "the Perfect Girl"

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dc.contributor.advisorMilden, Randy
dc.contributor.advisorDavis, Douglas A., 1943-
dc.contributor.authorRiofrio, Adrienne Veronica
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-02T18:32:10Z
dc.date.available2014-04-02T18:32:10Z
dc.date.issued1997
dc.description.abstractThis study examined the ways that cultural ideals affect girls' views of popularity, ideal girlhood, and how cultural stereotypes inform the development of their identities. Twenty seventh grade girls were asked to fill out three objective measures-- Children's Sex Role Inventory (Boldizar, 1991); the Attitudes Towards Women Scale for Adolescents (Galambos et. al, 1985); and the Perceived Competence Scale for Children (Harter, 1982). Participants also completed a projective measure designed to tap into issues of gendered identity formation. Girls were divided into two groups and participated in a magazine session, reading and discussing either mainstream or resistant magazines (ones that are aimed at questioning gender bias). Measures were then administered again. Results suggest that the objective and projective measures were correlated. Projective results suggest that girls in the resistant magazine condition answered questions in more resistant ways than girls in the mainstream condition. Implications for further research and application of ideas proposed here are explored.
dc.description.sponsorshipHaverford College. Department of Psychology
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10066/13418
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rights.accessHaverford users only
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/us/
dc.subject.lcshTeenage girls -- Psychology
dc.subject.lcshSocial acceptance in children
dc.subject.lcshSelf-acceptance in adolescence
dc.titleEarly Adolescent Female Gendered Identity Formation Through the Lens of Popularity and "the Perfect Girl"
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