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Inter‐generation Attitudes
Author(s) -
MUSGROVE F.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
british journal of social and clinical psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.479
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8260
pISSN - 0007-1293
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1963.tb00393.x
Subject(s) - psychology , developmental psychology , population , demography , sociology
A survey of adolescents ‘attitudes to adults and of adults’ attitudes to ‘teenagers’ was carried out in 1962 in two socially contrasted Midland areas. An open‐ended sentence‐completion schedule was the principal method used with both adolescents and adults. Both boys and girls made a much higher proportion of favourable references to adults than the cross‐section of the adult population made to them. The proportion of favourable attitudes to adults did not decrease markedly as adolescents advanced in age, nor did the proportion of favourable attitudes to peers increase, though the proportion choosing adults as preferred companions dropped rapidly between 11 and 13. The behaviour and attributes ascribed to mothers were favourably commented on by a particularly high proportion of both boys and girls. No marked social‐class or area differences in attitude were apparent. Neither boys nor girls distinguished sharply between the roles of mothers and fathers. Attitudes of boys to fathers and of girls to mothers showed slight signs of deterioration soon after puberty.