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EJ496198 EA530205
Title: Helping Girls Survive the Middle Grades.Author(s): Debold, Elizabeth
Source: Principal, v74 n3 p22-24 Jan 1995
Publication Date: 1995
ISSN: 0271-6062
Language: English
Document Type: Journal articles (080); Reports--Evaluative (142)
Journal Announcement: CIJMAY1995
Research shows
that adolescent girls experience greater stress than boys and are
more likely to be depressed and attempt suicide. Most girls suffer
a severe decline in self-esteem by age 12. Aware of unequal male-female
power relations, girls often adopt a compliant, "perfect-girl"
image of feminine behavior. Adult intervention is essential. Strategies
to help preadolescent girls resist cultural expectations are provided.
(MLH)
Descriptors: Blacks; *Cultural Influences; *Early Adolescents; *Females;
Intermediate Grades; Mexican Americans; Middle Schools; *Power Structure;
*Self Esteem; *Sex Discrimination
