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ERIC Number: EJ095576
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1974
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Parents and Peers: Serendipity in a Study of Shifting Reference Sources
Curtis, Russell L., Jr.
Social Forces, 52, 3, 368-395, Mar 74
Presents and tests a theory which specifies the conditions under which adolescents shift their valuations between three sets of reference sources--fathers, mothers, and peers; the thesis incorporates components from four interpretations of parent--adolescent cleavage, summarily entitle Push, Pull, Selective Attachment, and Drift. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Parent Influence, Peer Groups, Secondary School Students, Sex Differences, Social Differences, Socialization, Surveys, Values
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