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Emancipation And Family Power Structure Among College Students, Clarice Antin
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 …
Religious Careers And Commitment In A Middle-Class Sect, Jack C. Ross
Religious Careers And Commitment In A Middle-Class Sect, Jack C. Ross
Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science
Members of Quaker Meetings may be analyzed according to Weber's traditional or charismatic types. Charismatics show greater commitment and higher education and greater educational mobility. Both charismatics and traditionals show further variation according to the nature of religious career, but the traditional shows inferior commitment regardless of career type.