This study investigated the attitudes of sixty-four adolescents who completed an instrument designed to measure attitudes toward factors which influence mate selection. The hypotheses examined attitudes toward mate selection and gender, socioeconomic status, educational goals, family structure, and preferred age at marriage. The data were analyzed by calculating percentages and mean scores. The analysis of data revealed that adolescents valued personality-oriented characteristics as the most important characteristics desired in a mate; males and females held different values for certain factors; adolescents from various socioeconomic levels held different values for certain factors; adolescents with different educational goals, and adolescents residing in various family structures held similar values for each factor; and adolescents with various preferences for age at marriage held different values for certain factors.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc504204 |
| Date | 12 1900 |
| Creators | Curtner, Mary Elizabeth |
| Contributors | LaBrecque, Suzanne V. (Suzanne Volin) 1946-, Thomas, L. Fred (Lawrence Fred), Nies, Joyce I. |
| Publisher | North Texas State University |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | v, 120 leaves, Text |
| Coverage | United States - Texas - Denton County - Denton |
| Rights | Public, Curtner, Mary Elizabeth, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved. |
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