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Pazer, Shelley; Beilin, Harry – 1981
Duval and Wicklund proposed a theory of self-awareness that distinguishes between objective and subjective self-awareness, in which objectively self-aware individuals are assumed to focus attention on themselves and subjectively self-aware individuals direct attention toward external objects. To investigate self-awareness of physical…
Descriptors: Adults, Age Differences, Children, Chronological Age
Drewry, Debra L.; Clark, M. L. – 1984
This study investigated the effect of similarity and reciprocity on dyadic friendship choices. Subjects were 34 third graders and 30 sixth graders. Reciprocal (mutual) and nonreciprocal (nonmutual) friendships were identified through use of the roster sociometric technique, whereby children choose their three best friends from an alphabetized list…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Friendship
Was She Really Sexually Harassed? The Effects of a Victim's Age and the Job Status of the Initiator.
Sherman, Martin F.; Smith, Robert J. – 1983
With the increased number of women in the work force, sexual harassment is receiving increased attention from the federal government, journalists, researchers, and counselors. To investigate the influence of two contextual variables (status of the initiator and age of the victim) on perceptions of sexual harassment allegations, 123 college…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attribution Theory, College Students, Employment Level
Downs, A. Chris; Reagan, Mary A. – 1983
A study was conducted to investigate issues related to the development of preschool children's self-definitions of attractiveness. Research questions were (1) At what ages can children state a self-definition of attractiveness? (2) Are self-definitions temporally stable? (3) To what degree are children's self-judgments similar to judgments made of…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Observation, Parents, Peer Evaluation
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Smolak, Linda; And Others – Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 1993
The effects of early versus synchronous onset of puberty and dating on the eating attitudes and behaviors of 79 sixth- and eighth-grade girls were compared. Girls with synchronous onset had higher scores on the children's version of the Eating Attitudes Test and greater body dissatisfaction. Implications are discussed. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences, Body Image