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Title: Who Do You Want to Be Like? Factors Influencing Early Adolescents' Selection of Accessible and Inaccessible Role Models
Language: English
Authors: Strasser-Burke, Nora (ORCID 0000-0002-1392-7863), Symonds, Jennifer
Source: Journal of Early Adolescence. Aug 2020 40(7):914-935.
Availability: SAGE Publications. 2455 Teller Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 91320. Tel: 800-818-7243; Tel: 805-499-9774; Fax: 800-583-2665; e-mail: journals@sagepub.com; Web site: http://sagepub.com
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 22
Publication Date: 2020
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Secondary Education
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Role Models, Identification (Psychology), Interaction, Individual Development, Foreign Countries, Resilience (Psychology), Secondary School Students, Disadvantaged Youth, Social Support Groups, Adults, Success, Self Esteem
Geographic Terms: Ireland (Dublin)
DOI: 10.1177/0272431619880619
ISSN: 0272-4316
Abstract: This study investigates the impact of accessible and inaccessible role models on early adolescents' conceptions of their identities. Accessible role models have regular direct interactions with adolescents, while inaccessible role models like celebrities do not. This investigation was based within the context of a broader educational intervention targeting educational resilience of school students by prompting them to interact with material drawn from outstanding Irish career role models. Data were collected by interviewing 15 students and analyzing the transcripts thematically. Results revealed that adolescents mostly selected role models perceived as emotionally available, relatable, and successful, within proximal contexts. These accessible role models gave adolescents behavioral cues on overcoming difficulties and attaining success. Adolescents selected inaccessible role models to scaffold future selves, based on how the role models' life stories connected personally to their lives. This signals how adolescents select and use different types of role models in their identity formation.
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