Psychological Development and Education ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (1): 71-77.doi: 10.16187/j.cnki.issn1001-4918.2015.01.10

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The Investigating of Situation and Factors of Adolescents' Ideals in China

YAO Benxian1, ZHOU Xiao2, QUAN Lijuan1, ZHANG Ling1   

  1. 1. Psychology Department, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu Anhui 241000, China;
    2. School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2015-01-15 Published:2015-01-15

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Abstract: To examine the situation and factors of adolescents' ideals in contemporary China, adolescents' ideal questionnaire from the project of national philosophy and social science "the investigating of situation adolescents' ideals in China" by adopted to investigate 5000 adolescents in 12 cities of 12 provinces. The results found that the level of adolescents' ideals were higher. Comparing to female adolescents, male adolescents' body ideal was higher and moral, personality, academic, life and occupational ideals were lower. Junior school students' moral, personality, life and social ideals were higher than senior high school students and college students, and material, body, life and occupational ideals were lower than college students, particular senior high school students' life and occupational ideal were lowest. Furthermore, the regression analysis found that father's educational level had a positive effect on adolescents' occupational ideal, and mother's educational level had a positive effect on adolescents' life ideal. In addition, household income predicted positively adolescents' material, life and body ideal.

Key words: adolescent, ideal, situation, factor

CLC Number: 

  • B844
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