A Study of the Relationship between Gender and Reading Preferences in Adolescents.

Autor/in	Schultheis, Constance
Titel	A Study of the Relationship between Gender and Reading Preferences in Adolescents.
Quelle	(1990), (38 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Adolescent Literature; Adolescents; Grade 11; High Schools; Periodicals; Questionnaires; Reading Habits; Reading Interests; Reading Material Selection; Recreational Reading; Sex Differences; Sex Role + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescents; Literature; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; literatur; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; School year 11; 11. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 11; High school; Oberschule; Periodical; Journal; Zeitschrift; Fachzeitschrift; Periodikum; Fragebogen; Reading habit; Lesegewohnheit; Leseinteresse; Häusliche Lektüre; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Geschlechterrolle
Abstract	This study was intended to negate or confirm the findings of prior studies conducted on the relationship between gender and reading preferences in high school students and to ascertain whether any changes have occurred that would reflect changing attitudes toward gender roles. Data were gathered by using a survey which was distributed to approximately 240 11th grade students at a suburban Cleveland (Ohio) public high school. The current study supports results of earlier studies that have shown that females spend more time reading than males; that certain types of books are typically more or less appealing to members of one sex or the other; and that males prefer reading books with male protagonists. The research indicates that females also prefer male protagonists and identified with them more often than with female characters. In contrast to previous studies, this research shows that males identified with characters more frequently than females. Included in the appendices are the questionnaire used in the study; the categories of books that the respondents like to read; the three top-ranked choices of categories; newspaper sections in order of those most read; and choices of magazines by type. (Contains 21 references.) (JLB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC