Doreen A Rosenthal
Biographic Data
| ID | 238435 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Doreen A Rosenthal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Doreen A |
| FAMILY NAME | Rosenthal |
| SIGNATURE | ROSENTHAL D A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 362 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 32 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
What Motivates Family Historians? A Pilot Scale to Measure Psychosocial Drivers of Research into Personal Ancestry
Participation in family history research may be a passing phase for some, but for others, it is a recreational pursuit exciting passionate intensity that goes beyond idle curiosity or short-term interest. In this paper, we explore some of the underlying motives that drive amateur genealogists, including the search for self-understanding, the desire to give something of value to others and the enjoyment of the many intellectual challenges that thi…
Being open with your mouth shut
An Australian study of parent–adolescent communication about sexuality revealed complex meanings inherent in the understanding of ‘openness’. These included willingness to answer questions while not keeping a spotlight on the topic; having an open‐minded attitude; balancing openness with privacy; and being responsive to characteristics of the child. Various constraints applied to the application of open communication in this sensitive area. Given…
Talking to a tiger
This chapter discusses the difficulties experienced by fathers in carrying out what they accept as their parental responsibility to communicate with their children about sexuality. Examples are given from interviews with fathers, their wives, and their adolescent children
Freeing up the subject
(2001). Freeing up the subject: Tension between traditional masculinity and involved fatherhood through communication about sexuality with adolescents. Culture, Health & Sexuality: Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 391-411
The Effect of Communication Characteristics on Family Members' Perceptions of Parents as Sex Educators
We studied parents' and teenagers' evaluations of parents as sex educators; the convergence between mothers', fathers', and teens' evaluations; and communication factors that influenced these evaluations. Surveys, administered to 209 10th graders, 156 mothers, and 91 fathers, assessed global evaluation of parents as sex educators, diverse dimensions of general and sexual communications, and frequency of sex-related communications in 4 domains. We…
The importance of importance
High-schoolers (n=298) completed surveys describing the frequency and importance of mother and father communication about 20 different sex-related topics. There were four domains of sex-related topics: Development and Societal Concerns, Sexual Safety, Experiencing Sex, and Solitary Sexual Activity. Adolescents reported infrequent communication which varied by domain and gender of parent and teen. When communication occurred, it was most frequentl…
Personal and Social Factors Influencing Age at First Sexual Intercourse
Revisiting Sexual Styles
Recently, Buzwell and Rosenthal proposed that sexual styles were a useful way of understanding young people's constructions of a sexual identity. In this work we replicated with a sample of 522 15- to 16-yr.-olds in broad terms, the five styles identified by Buzwell and Rosenthal
Adolescent Sexual Timetables
Understanding Sexual Coercion Among Young Adolescents
High Schoolers' Masturbatory Practices
This study examined the self-reported masturbatory experiences of high schooler and the relationships between masturbation and sexual intercourse and personal characteristics of these young people. A total of 436 suburban Australian adolescents between 15 and 18 years of age participated. Boys were more likely to report ever having masturbated (58.5%, versus 42.7%) and to have done so more frequently than girls (38.2% versus 8.7% reporting mastur…
A six‐month follow‐up of adolescents' sexual risk‐taking, HIV/Aids knowledge, and attitudes to condoms
A follow‐up study was conducted to investigate change in sexual behaviour, knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission, and attitudes to condoms over a 6‐month period in a sample of late‐adolescent students. The study also obtained subjective reports of HIV/AIDS‐relevant change. Overall there was a decrease in sexual risk‐taking behaviour with casual partners but no change occurred in sexual behaviour with regular partners, knowledge about HIV/AIDS, at…
When East Moves West
The acculturation of values was studied among high school youths of Chinese ancestry in the U.S. and Australia. Eight domains of values were derived from Chinese and Western value scales. Within the U.S. and Australian samples, the values of first- and second-generation youths of Chinese origin were compared to one another, to the samples of Euro-Anglo youths in each host culture, and to an anchor group of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. Result…
The Influence of Immigration on Parental Behavior and Adolescent Distress in Chinese Families Residing in Two Western Nations
Two binational, cross-sectional studies investigated how immigration influences parental behaviors, adolescent distress, and the relationship between these two variables. Chinese adolescents from first- and second-generation immigrant families in the U.S., together with non-immigrant peers from the host culture (Euro-American) and the culture of origin (Hong Kong) rated parental warmth, control, and involvement, as well as their own emotional dis…
Australian Adolescents' Perceptions of Health-Related Risks
The aim of this study was to evaluate adolescents' perceptions of their risks in five health-related areas and ascertain the relationship between risk perception and actual risky behavior. As well, five "event characteristics" postulated by Weinstein to be associated with unrealistic optimism about future life events were assessed to determine their links with beliefs about personal risk in the areas chosen: AIDS, STDs, serious car accident, lung…
Aids, adolescents, and sexual risk taking
This study investigated the validity of the Health Belief Model when applied to adolescents' responses to the threat of AIDS. A sample of 195 sexually active 18-year-old university students was questioned about their sexual behaviour, their perceptions of the seriousness of AIDS, their own susceptibility to the disease, the costs and benefits of using condoms, their general health motivation, their sources of information, and their knowledge abou…
The Nature and Stability of Ethnic Identity in Chinese Youth
This study explored the ethnic identity of first- and second-generation Chinese-Australian and Chinese-American adolescents. Ethnic identity was assessed by: ethnic identification, the extent to which individuals engaged in culturally expected behaviors and their knowledge of the culture, the importance of maintaining these behaviors, and the value ascribed to their ethnic origins. Responses of Chinese-Australians and Chinese-Americans were remar…
The Influence of Perceived Family and Personal Factors on Self-Reported School Performance of Chinese and Western High School Students
This study investigated factors contributing to the school performance of first- and second-generation Chinese immigrant students and their Western peers in Australia and the United States. Chinese high schoolers of both generations reported that they put more effort into school than did the Euro-Americans and the Anglo-Australians and reported higher grades than did their American but not their Australian peers. Patterns of relationships between…
Ain't Misbehavin
Tenth and 11th grade boys and girls in Hong Kong ( N = 141), Australia (N = 155), and the United States (N = 155) completed questionnaires about their misconduct, family environments, and values. Relative to Australian and American youth, Hong Kong adolescents reported less misconduct; described their families as less accepting/engaged and less demanding; and placed less value on general individualism, outward success, and individual competence, …
The Acculturation of Chinese Immigrants
In two studies, conducted in Australia and the United States, first- and second-generation adolescents of Chinese descent, together with adolescents from the host culture (Anglo-Australian or Euro-American) and from Hong Kong, were asked about their family environment. In both studies, an autonomy-promoting family style differentiated the host culture from the Hong Kong Chinese, with the Chinese immigrants occupying an intermediate position. Chin…
Parental criticism and young adolescent self-disclosure
Youths' Outlooks on Love
An attitudinal measure of Lee's typology of love was administered to a sample of 242 youths between 15 and 21 years. Variation in subjects' agreement with the six love types was analyzed as a function of sex, age, and resolution of Eriksorfs identity and intimacy crises. Male, and to a lesser degree, female preferences for love types corresponded with sex-role norms but there were no age effects. This suggested that the differences between the se…
The Meeting of Two Cultures
The present study was designed to explore both the predictors of ethnic identity and the relationship between ethnic identity and psychosocial adjustment. Perceptions of ethnicity and ethnic identity and measures of psychosocial adjustment were obtained from 82 Italian‐Australian adolescents. Parents' maintenance of cultural ties was associated with a strong sense of ethnic identity, however ethnic identity was relatively unimportant in predictin…
Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity
The present study explores the nature of ethnic identity in a sample of Greek‐, Italian‐, and Anglo‐Australian adolescents. A questionnaire designed to elicit dimensions of ethnic identity was administered to 622 subjects in Years 9 and 11 of high school. For a sub‐sample of adolescents, an interview probed for perceived similarities and differences between ethnic groups. The multidimensional nature of ethnic identity was evident from both measur…
Balance versus Main Effects Androgyny
This study investigated the relationships between psychological androgyny and adjustment for 630 adolescents from three ethnic groups, Anglo-Australian, Greek-Australian, and Italian-Australian. Androgyny was conceptualized in two ways—main effects and balance androgyny—following Taylor and Hall's (1982) review. For Anglo- and Italian-Australian adolescents, the main effect of androgyny was associated with adjustment, that is, a large number of a…
From trust on intimacy
The Nature and Stability of Ethnic Identity in Chinese Youth
This study explored the ethnic identity of first- and second-generation Chinese-Australian and Chinese-American adolescents. Ethnic identity was assessed by: ethnic identification, the extent to which individuals engaged in culturally expected behaviors and their knowledge of the culture, the importance of maintaining these behaviors, and the value ascribed to their ethnic origins. Responses of Chinese-Australians and Chinese-Americans were remar…
Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity
The present study explores the nature of ethnic identity in a sample of Greek‐, Italian‐, and Anglo‐Australian adolescents. A questionnaire designed to elicit dimensions of ethnic identity was administered to 622 subjects in Years 9 and 11 of high school. For a sub‐sample of adolescents, an interview probed for perceived similarities and differences between ethnic groups. The multidimensional nature of ethnic identity was evident from both measur…
The Acculturation of Chinese Immigrants
In two studies, conducted in Australia and the United States, first- and second-generation adolescents of Chinese descent, together with adolescents from the host culture (Anglo-Australian or Euro-American) and from Hong Kong, were asked about their family environment. In both studies, an autonomy-promoting family style differentiated the host culture from the Hong Kong Chinese, with the Chinese immigrants occupying an intermediate position. Chin…
The Influence of Immigration on Parental Behavior and Adolescent Distress in Chinese Families Residing in Two Western Nations
Two binational, cross-sectional studies investigated how immigration influences parental behaviors, adolescent distress, and the relationship between these two variables. Chinese adolescents from first- and second-generation immigrant families in the U.S., together with non-immigrant peers from the host culture (Euro-American) and the culture of origin (Hong Kong) rated parental warmth, control, and involvement, as well as their own emotional dis…
The Meeting of Two Cultures
The present study was designed to explore both the predictors of ethnic identity and the relationship between ethnic identity and psychosocial adjustment. Perceptions of ethnicity and ethnic identity and measures of psychosocial adjustment were obtained from 82 Italian‐Australian adolescents. Parents' maintenance of cultural ties was associated with a strong sense of ethnic identity, however ethnic identity was relatively unimportant in predictin…
Ain't Misbehavin
Tenth and 11th grade boys and girls in Hong Kong ( N = 141), Australia (N = 155), and the United States (N = 155) completed questionnaires about their misconduct, family environments, and values. Relative to Australian and American youth, Hong Kong adolescents reported less misconduct; described their families as less accepting/engaged and less demanding; and placed less value on general individualism, outward success, and individual competence, …
The Effect of Communication Characteristics on Family Members' Perceptions of Parents as Sex Educators
We studied parents' and teenagers' evaluations of parents as sex educators; the convergence between mothers', fathers', and teens' evaluations; and communication factors that influenced these evaluations. Surveys, administered to 209 10th graders, 156 mothers, and 91 fathers, assessed global evaluation of parents as sex educators, diverse dimensions of general and sexual communications, and frequency of sex-related communications in 4 domains. We…
When East Moves West
The acculturation of values was studied among high school youths of Chinese ancestry in the U.S. and Australia. Eight domains of values were derived from Chinese and Western value scales. Within the U.S. and Australian samples, the values of first- and second-generation youths of Chinese origin were compared to one another, to the samples of Euro-Anglo youths in each host culture, and to an anchor group of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. Result…
Personal and Social Factors Influencing Age at First Sexual Intercourse
Aids, adolescents, and sexual risk taking
This study investigated the validity of the Health Belief Model when applied to adolescents' responses to the threat of AIDS. A sample of 195 sexually active 18-year-old university students was questioned about their sexual behaviour, their perceptions of the seriousness of AIDS, their own susceptibility to the disease, the costs and benefits of using condoms, their general health motivation, their sources of information, and their knowledge abou…
Ethnicity and adjustment
Adolescent Sexual Timetables
The Influence of Perceived Family and Personal Factors on Self-Reported School Performance of Chinese and Western High School Students
This study investigated factors contributing to the school performance of first- and second-generation Chinese immigrant students and their Western peers in Australia and the United States. Chinese high schoolers of both generations reported that they put more effort into school than did the Euro-Americans and the Anglo-Australians and reported higher grades than did their American but not their Australian peers. Patterns of relationships between…
The lady spaceman
Understanding Sexual Coercion Among Young Adolescents
A six‐month follow‐up of adolescents' sexual risk‐taking, HIV/Aids knowledge, and attitudes to condoms
A follow‐up study was conducted to investigate change in sexual behaviour, knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission, and attitudes to condoms over a 6‐month period in a sample of late‐adolescent students. The study also obtained subjective reports of HIV/AIDS‐relevant change. Overall there was a decrease in sexual risk‐taking behaviour with casual partners but no change occurred in sexual behaviour with regular partners, knowledge about HIV/AIDS, at…
Australian Adolescents' Perceptions of Health-Related Risks
The aim of this study was to evaluate adolescents' perceptions of their risks in five health-related areas and ascertain the relationship between risk perception and actual risky behavior. As well, five "event characteristics" postulated by Weinstein to be associated with unrealistic optimism about future life events were assessed to determine their links with beliefs about personal risk in the areas chosen: AIDS, STDs, serious car accident, lung…
Parental criticism and young adolescent self-disclosure
Youths' Outlooks on Love
An attitudinal measure of Lee's typology of love was administered to a sample of 242 youths between 15 and 21 years. Variation in subjects' agreement with the six love types was analyzed as a function of sex, age, and resolution of Eriksorfs identity and intimacy crises. Male, and to a lesser degree, female preferences for love types corresponded with sex-role norms but there were no age effects. This suggested that the differences between the se…
Sex-roles
The study investigated the relationship between sex-role, age and self esteem for 100 male and 100 female adults and 100 male and 100 female youths. Using the Bern Sex-Role Inventory (1974), older females were found to be more sex-typed than younger females, but there were no generation differences in sex-typing for the males. Masculine and Androgynous groups showed significantly higher self-esteem than Feminine and Undifferentiated groups, but t…
Sex-Role Stereotypes
Children's perception of occupational competence was studied as a measure of sex-role stereotyping. Children from Grade 1 (25 boys, 25 girls), Grade 4 (25 boys, 30 girls), and Grade 6 (25 boys, 29 girls) in single-sex schools and children from Grade 1 (15 boys, 10 girls), Grade 4 (15 boys, 11 girls), and Grade 6 (9 boys, 12 girls) in a coeducational school were asked to rate the competence of a male and a female in traditionally male occupations.…
Adolescents' Creativity and Non-Conformity in School
Sex-roles
The study investigated the relationship between sex-role, age and self esteem for 100 male and 100 female adults and 100 male and 100 female youths. Using the Bern Sex-Role Inventory (1974), older females were found to be more sex-typed than younger females, but there were no generation differences in sex-typing for the males. Masculine and Androgynous groups showed significantly higher self-esteem than Feminine and Undifferentiated groups, but t…
From trust on intimacy
Children's Knowledge and Use of Gender Stereotypes
70 young children rated two babies, identified as male or female, on gender-stereotyped behaviors. Although the children showed well-developed knowledge of such stereotypes, these were infrequently used in a free-choice situation
The lady spaceman
Ethnicity and adjustment
Balance versus Main Effects Androgyny
This study investigated the relationships between psychological androgyny and adjustment for 630 adolescents from three ethnic groups, Anglo-Australian, Greek-Australian, and Italian-Australian. Androgyny was conceptualized in two ways—main effects and balance androgyny—following Taylor and Hall's (1982) review. For Anglo- and Italian-Australian adolescents, the main effect of androgyny was associated with adjustment, that is, a large number of a…
Ethnicity and Ethnic Identity
The present study explores the nature of ethnic identity in a sample of Greek‐, Italian‐, and Anglo‐Australian adolescents. A questionnaire designed to elicit dimensions of ethnic identity was administered to 622 subjects in Years 9 and 11 of high school. For a sub‐sample of adolescents, an interview probed for perceived similarities and differences between ethnic groups. The multidimensional nature of ethnic identity was evident from both measur…
Youths' Outlooks on Love
An attitudinal measure of Lee's typology of love was administered to a sample of 242 youths between 15 and 21 years. Variation in subjects' agreement with the six love types was analyzed as a function of sex, age, and resolution of Eriksorfs identity and intimacy crises. Male, and to a lesser degree, female preferences for love types corresponded with sex-role norms but there were no age effects. This suggested that the differences between the se…
The Meeting of Two Cultures
The present study was designed to explore both the predictors of ethnic identity and the relationship between ethnic identity and psychosocial adjustment. Perceptions of ethnicity and ethnic identity and measures of psychosocial adjustment were obtained from 82 Italian‐Australian adolescents. Parents' maintenance of cultural ties was associated with a strong sense of ethnic identity, however ethnic identity was relatively unimportant in predictin…
Parental criticism and young adolescent self-disclosure
The Acculturation of Chinese Immigrants
In two studies, conducted in Australia and the United States, first- and second-generation adolescents of Chinese descent, together with adolescents from the host culture (Anglo-Australian or Euro-American) and from Hong Kong, were asked about their family environment. In both studies, an autonomy-promoting family style differentiated the host culture from the Hong Kong Chinese, with the Chinese immigrants occupying an intermediate position. Chin…
The Influence of Perceived Family and Personal Factors on Self-Reported School Performance of Chinese and Western High School Students
This study investigated factors contributing to the school performance of first- and second-generation Chinese immigrant students and their Western peers in Australia and the United States. Chinese high schoolers of both generations reported that they put more effort into school than did the Euro-Americans and the Anglo-Australians and reported higher grades than did their American but not their Australian peers. Patterns of relationships between…
Ain't Misbehavin
Tenth and 11th grade boys and girls in Hong Kong ( N = 141), Australia (N = 155), and the United States (N = 155) completed questionnaires about their misconduct, family environments, and values. Relative to Australian and American youth, Hong Kong adolescents reported less misconduct; described their families as less accepting/engaged and less demanding; and placed less value on general individualism, outward success, and individual competence, …
When East Moves West
The acculturation of values was studied among high school youths of Chinese ancestry in the U.S. and Australia. Eight domains of values were derived from Chinese and Western value scales. Within the U.S. and Australian samples, the values of first- and second-generation youths of Chinese origin were compared to one another, to the samples of Euro-Anglo youths in each host culture, and to an anchor group of Chinese adolescents in Hong Kong. Result…
The Influence of Immigration on Parental Behavior and Adolescent Distress in Chinese Families Residing in Two Western Nations
Two binational, cross-sectional studies investigated how immigration influences parental behaviors, adolescent distress, and the relationship between these two variables. Chinese adolescents from first- and second-generation immigrant families in the U.S., together with non-immigrant peers from the host culture (Euro-American) and the culture of origin (Hong Kong) rated parental warmth, control, and involvement, as well as their own emotional dis…
Australian Adolescents' Perceptions of Health-Related Risks
The aim of this study was to evaluate adolescents' perceptions of their risks in five health-related areas and ascertain the relationship between risk perception and actual risky behavior. As well, five "event characteristics" postulated by Weinstein to be associated with unrealistic optimism about future life events were assessed to determine their links with beliefs about personal risk in the areas chosen: AIDS, STDs, serious car accident, lung…
Aids, adolescents, and sexual risk taking
This study investigated the validity of the Health Belief Model when applied to adolescents' responses to the threat of AIDS. A sample of 195 sexually active 18-year-old university students was questioned about their sexual behaviour, their perceptions of the seriousness of AIDS, their own susceptibility to the disease, the costs and benefits of using condoms, their general health motivation, their sources of information, and their knowledge abou…
The Nature and Stability of Ethnic Identity in Chinese Youth
This study explored the ethnic identity of first- and second-generation Chinese-Australian and Chinese-American adolescents. Ethnic identity was assessed by: ethnic identification, the extent to which individuals engaged in culturally expected behaviors and their knowledge of the culture, the importance of maintaining these behaviors, and the value ascribed to their ethnic origins. Responses of Chinese-Australians and Chinese-Americans were remar…
A six‐month follow‐up of adolescents' sexual risk‐taking, HIV/Aids knowledge, and attitudes to condoms
A follow‐up study was conducted to investigate change in sexual behaviour, knowledge about HIV/AIDS transmission, and attitudes to condoms over a 6‐month period in a sample of late‐adolescent students. The study also obtained subjective reports of HIV/AIDS‐relevant change. Overall there was a decrease in sexual risk‐taking behaviour with casual partners but no change occurred in sexual behaviour with regular partners, knowledge about HIV/AIDS, at…
High Schoolers' Masturbatory Practices
This study examined the self-reported masturbatory experiences of high schooler and the relationships between masturbation and sexual intercourse and personal characteristics of these young people. A total of 436 suburban Australian adolescents between 15 and 18 years of age participated. Boys were more likely to report ever having masturbated (58.5%, versus 42.7%) and to have done so more frequently than girls (38.2% versus 8.7% reporting mastur…
Adolescent Sexual Timetables
Understanding Sexual Coercion Among Young Adolescents
Revisiting Sexual Styles
Recently, Buzwell and Rosenthal proposed that sexual styles were a useful way of understanding young people's constructions of a sexual identity. In this work we replicated with a sample of 522 15- to 16-yr.-olds in broad terms, the five styles identified by Buzwell and Rosenthal
Psychology (31 works) · Developmental psychology (24 works) · Social Psychology (20 works) · Social Psychology (20 works) · Gender Roles and Identity Studies (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (10 works) · Perception (10 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (9 works)