Date of Award
12-1975
Degree Name
Doctor of Philosophy
Department
Sociology
First Advisor
Dr. Edsel L. Erickson
Second Advisor
Dr. Leila Bradfield
Third Advisor
Dr. William Kanzler
Abstract
This study represents an attempt to empirically test a theoretical model explicating the contingencies associated with stability and change in self-conceptions among highschool students. Specifically, this investigation is concerned with the cumulative and isolated impact of perceived parental, teacher, and peer expectations on student self-conceptions over time.
The basic postulate is that patterns of stability and change in self-conceptions are a function of the degree of perceived consistency in the expectations and evaluations of significant others. The data were supportive of the consistency model and suggest that some groups of significant others have a greater impact on the self-conceptualizing process than do others.
Access Setting
Dissertation-Open Access
Recommended Citation
McEvoy, Alan, "Stability and Change in Self-Conceptions as a Function of Perceived Consistency of Evaluations among Significant Others" (1975). Dissertations. 2957.
https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/dissertations/2957