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Younger and older adolescents' thinking about commitments.

K M Galotti1, S F Kozberg, D Appleman

  • 1Department of Psychology, Carleton College, Northfield, MN 55057-4025.

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology
|December 1, 1990
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Adolescents consider various factors when choosing careers and partners, with commitment conceptions evolving with age, gender, and school type. Findings reveal differences in how males and females, and younger and older students, define commitment.

Area of Science:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Social Psychology

Background:

  • Adolescent decision-making processes for significant life choices like career and romantic partnerships are complex.
  • Understanding the evolving nature of commitment is crucial during adolescence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore factors adolescents consider when choosing careers and romantic partners.
  • To examine how adolescents define "commitment" and how these definitions vary by gender, grade, and school type.

Main Methods:

  • 163 adolescents (males and females, 9th, 12th graders, and college juniors) from public and private schools participated.
  • Participants listed factors for career and partner selection.
  • Participants provided open-ended definitions of "commitment".

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Main Results:

  • Significant differences were found in the types and number of factors considered for commitments based on gender, grade, and school type.
  • Adolescents' conceptions of commitment became more complex with age and varied by gender and school type.
  • Females emphasized internal factors for romantic commitments; males used more contractual language, while females used more affective language.

Conclusions:

  • Adolescent views on commitment are influenced by developmental stage, gender, and educational environment.
  • Older students and females tend to have more complex, internally focused, and affectively oriented views of commitment.
  • These findings have implications for understanding adolescent development and relationship formation.