Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Adolescent Self-Concept in Four Countries.

Autor/in	Cooper, James G.
Institution	New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque. Dept. of Educational Administration.
Titel	Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Adolescent Self-Concept in Four Countries.
Quelle	(1974), (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Adolescents; American Indians; Anglo Americans; Chinese; Comparative Analysis; Cross Cultural Studies; Cultural Differences; Foreign Students; High School Students; Mexican Americans; Mexicans; Rural Youth; School Attitudes; Self Concept; Self Concept Measures; Semantic Differential; Social Attitudes; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; American Indian; Indianer; China; Chinesen; Cultural comparison; Kulturvergleich; Kultureller Unterschied; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Hispanoamerikaner; Mexikaner; Rural area; Rural areas; Youth; Ländlicher Raum; Selbstkonzept; Social attidude; Soziale Einstellung; Deutschland
Abstract	Self-concepts of adolescents in Germany, Mexico, Chinese in Taiwan, and the U.S.A. were measured with an Osgood type of semantic differential. The American sample included Anglo, Chicano, and Indian high school seniors. The 11 concepts included: attitudinal measures on the self, school, social milieu and other racial groups. The bipolar adjectives comprised: good-bad, sharp-dull, ugly-beautiful, strong-weak, slow-fast, shallow-deep, effective-ineffective, valuable-worthless, intelligent-stupid, and honest-dishonest. Tests were translated into Chinese, German, and Spanish; effort was made to preserve semantic equivalence. In perceptions of self, the German mean was lowest, and the Mexican mean was highest. This pattern was repeated in perception of school. Perception of the social milieu showed that Anglos were lowest; the Mexican mean was highest. Perceptions of other groups was highest in the Mexican group; the Chinese students were low. Based upon an overall assessment, it was found that Mexican adolescents gave the most favorable perceptions, followed by Chicanos, Chinese, American Indians, Germans and Anglos at the bottom with the least favorable perceptions. (Author/SM)
Anmerkungen	Educational Foundations, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, N. M. 87131 ($2.00)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC