A Research Brief: A Novel Characteristic of Role Model Choice by Black Male College Students

Autor/inn/en	Bennett, B. J.; Davis, R.; Harris, A.; Brown, K.; Wood, P.; Jones, D. R.; Spencer, S.; Nelson, L.; Brown, J.; Waddell, T.; Jones, C. B.
Titel	A Research Brief: A Novel Characteristic of Role Model Choice by Black Male College Students
Quelle	In: Negro Educational Review, The, 55 (2004) 2-3, S.143-145 (3 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0548-1457
Schlagwörter	College Students; African Americans; Females; Social Networks; Reference Groups; Role Models; Self Concept; Interpersonal Attraction; Physical Characteristics + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Afroamerikaner; Weibliches Geschlecht; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Reference group; Bezugsgruppe; Identifikationsfigur; Selbstkonzept; Interpersonale Anziehung; Körperliche Erscheinung
Abstract	The purpose of the present research brief is to report a novel characteristic of role model choice that may be unreported in the literature for black males and to assess this finding in relation to perceived attractiveness of self and a member of the opposite sex. The study found that the proportion of males choosing themselves as their own role model was significantly less than the proportion of males having no role model, having a personal role model, or having a figure as a role model. Males choosing themselves as their own role model were significantly less likely to rate dark-skinned females as "very attractive" relative to the proportion of males choosing dark-skinned females as "very attractive" in the sample as a whole. The study also found that males choosing themselves as role models were proportionately more likely to rate themselves "very attractive" than subjects in the entire sample. This research supports the view that self-concept is relational in young black males choosing themselves as role models and that this choice reflects attempts to present the self positively--both by judging themselves as "very attractive" and by favoring females with "ideal" characteristics, in particular, "ideal" skin color. The authors suggest in this research brief that some black males may choose themselves as their own role model because they have fewer reference groups than lighter skinned males, for example, where social networks and support are weak. However, additional studies are required to document this finding for males choosing "self" as their own role model. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10