How Unequal Is the United States? Adolescents' Images of Social Stratification.

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  • Author(s): Flanagan CA;Flanagan CA; Kornbluh M; Kornbluh M
  • Source:
    Child development [Child Dev] 2019 May; Vol. 90 (3), pp. 957-969. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Sep 18.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Blackwell Publishers Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0372725 Publication Model: Print-Electronic Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1467-8624 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 00093920 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Child Dev Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishers
      Original Publication: [Chicago, etc.] : Published by the University of Chicago Press for the Society for Research in Child Development [etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      Data Visualization* ; Social Class* ; Social Perception* ; Socioeconomic Factors*; Black or African American/*ethnology; Adolescent ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; United States/ethnology
    • Abstract:
      This study highlights the use of pictorial images to understand adolescents' views on social stratification. A continuum of five visual images of social stratification were presented to a diverse sample of five hundred ninety-eight 8th-12th graders (14-18 years old). Adolescents selected which image best represented the United States (today, in 20 years, how it ought to be). Images ranged from inequitable to egalitarian. Results supported reference group and possible selves theories. Adolescents in higher status families chose a more egalitarian image for how the United States is today and how it ought to be. African Americans considered the United States today more unequal. Differences in adolescents' commitment to an egalitarian ideal depended on their reactions to inequality and their beliefs about government responsiveness, bolstering the measure's validity.
      (© 2017 The Authors. Child Development © 2017 Society for Research in Child Development, Inc.)
    • Grant Information:
      R01 DA013434 United States DA NIDA NIH HHS
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 20170919 Date Completed: 20200323 Latest Revision: 20221207
    • Publication Date:
      20221213
    • Accession Number:
      10.1111/cdev.12954
    • Accession Number:
      28922474