Attitudes of North Dakota High School Students Toward the Farm Crisis
This was a discussion of how farm crisis affected North Dakota high school students in their career choices. Knowing more about how economic stress may influence adolescent career choice, knowing more about adolescent attitudes towards and their awareness of the farm crisis could help parents and educators provide adolescents with more accurate information concerning the farm economy. A survey was taken asking teens their attitudes towards farming. Both teens form rural and urban settings opted for college. The article then breaks down the differences in responses based upon gender and other factors.
Stress and Self-Esteem Among Urban and Rural Adolescents in North Dakota
This article intends to gain access into those things affecting the stress levels and self-esteem of both rural and urban North Dakota adolescents and to discover if there were any variations between the two groups. The criteria for this study is detailed. A reduction in self-esteem may reduce an adolescents’ motivation for success. Tough economic situation at home is a factor. Adolescents model their parents’ behaviors regarding stress.
Housewives' Self-Esteem and their Husbands' Success: The Myth of Vicarious Involvement
This study tests the common assertion that women, especially upper middle-class housewives, vicariously experience their husbands' success. Our findings for 121 mostly upper middle-class housewives disprove this assertion. Husbands' success does positively affect a housewife's self-esteem, but only indirectly, through its effect on perceived marital success. Only husband's income has a direct positive effect on self-esteem, while other successes of the husband actually lower her self'esteem. These findings, made more dramatic by a comparison with professional married women for whom none of the above effects appear, demonstrate the ambiguous impact traditional marriage has on women. Since marriage is traditionally a basis for a woman's identity, successful marriage increases her feelings of worth. However, the specific role arrangements may reduce her feelings qf personal competence.