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Family, Life Course, and Society

1965

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Emancipation And Family Power Structure Among College Students, Clarice Antin Jan 1965

Emancipation And Family Power Structure Among College Students, Clarice Antin

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

The relation of family power structure and autonomy to the behavior of a postadolescent group was investigated. The sample consisted of 26 boys and 8 girls aged 18 to 20 years. Autonomy was measured by responses to questions on the dispensing of funds, integration into family activities, emotional attachment to parents and rejection of parental authority. Power was assessed with the Osgood Semantic Differential Scales. Data was analyzed according to sex and child's perception of like-sexed parent's power. Boys that rejected parental authority saw selves as more powerful than fathers. Irrespective of power relations with mother, girls did not reject …