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Wray-Lake, Laura; Syvertsen, Amy K.; Briddell, Laine; Osgood, D. Wayne; Flanagan, Constance A. – Youth & Society, 2011
Using data from the Monitoring the Future study, this article presents historical trends in U.S. high school seniors' work values across 30 years (1976-2005). Adolescents across three decades highly valued most aspects of work examined. Recent cohorts showed declines in the importance of work, values for job security, and various potential…
Descriptors: Adolescents, High School Seniors, Value Judgment, Data Analysis
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Gallay, Leslie; Flanagan, Constance A.; Duo, Samuel – Youth & Society, 2011
This exploratory study assessed the associations of age, gender, and a school climate of solidarity and pride with adolescents' endorsements of democratic regime change. Middle- and high-school students (N = 273) in the United States responded to three vignettes concerning how a society should transition from dictatorship to democracy and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Power Structure, Global Approach, Change
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Denham, Bryan E. – Youth & Society, 2009
Grounded in social cognitive theory, this study examines how a combination of personal, behavioral and environmental factors among youth populations correspond with attitudes toward competition, concern for material items, and the effects of advertising practices in the United States. Of particular interest was whether school-sponsored sports…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Advertising, Athletics, Printed Materials