Who Do You Want to Be Like? Factors Influencing Early Adolescents' Selection of Accessible and Inaccessible Role Models

Autor/inn/en	Strasser-Burke, Nora; Symonds, Jennifer
Titel	Who Do You Want to Be Like? Factors Influencing Early Adolescents' Selection of Accessible and Inaccessible Role Models
Quelle	In: Journal of Early Adolescence, 40 (2020) 7, S.914-935 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Strasser-Burke, Nora)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-4316
DOI	10.1177/0272431619880619
Schlagwörter	Early Adolescents; Role Models; Identification (Psychology); Interaction; Individual Development; Foreign Countries; Resilience (Psychology); Secondary School Students; Disadvantaged Youth; Social Support Groups; Adults; Success; Self Esteem; Ireland (Dublin) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Identifikationsfigur; Interaktion; Individuelle Entwicklung; Ausland; Sekundarschüler; Benachteiligter Jugendlicher; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Erfolg; Self-esteem; Selbstaufmerksamkeit
Abstract	This study investigates the impact of accessible and inaccessible role models on early adolescents' conceptions of their identities. Accessible role models have regular direct interactions with adolescents, while inaccessible role models like celebrities do not. This investigation was based within the context of a broader educational intervention targeting educational resilience of school students by prompting them to interact with material drawn from outstanding Irish career role models. Data were collected by interviewing 15 students and analyzing the transcripts thematically. Results revealed that adolescents mostly selected role models perceived as emotionally available, relatable, and successful, within proximal contexts. These accessible role models gave adolescents behavioral cues on overcoming difficulties and attaining success. Adolescents selected inaccessible role models to scaffold future selves, based on how the role models' life stories connected personally to their lives. This signals how adolescents select and use different types of role models in their identity formation. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01