Conformity and Resistance in Self-Management Strategies of `Good Girls

Bibliographic Data

ID3109655
AuthorsJackie Sanders (0000-0003-3741-0794, Massey University), Robyn Munford (0000-0002-7710-2748, Massey University)
Year2008
Volume15
Issue4
Pages481-497
Publication date2008-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildhood (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0907-5682 • E-ISSN: 1461-7013
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0907568208097203
OpenAlexW2056966278
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited23

This article examines how girls manage challenging encounters with non-familial adults. Drawing on a subset of qualitative data collected as part of a larger ethnographic study, it examines the ways girls maintain a strong sense of self as a good person in the face of interpersonal challenge from these non-familial adults. The discourse of the `good girl' allows them to resist excessive demands of adults and provides opportunities to have fun. The importance of the parent-child relationship in terms of providing a safe context from which the girls can generate the good and bad girl facades is also highlighted

Conformity · Developmental psychology · Ethnography · Girl · Interpersonal communication · Qualitative research · Sociology · Gender Roles and Identity Studies · Gender, Feminism, and Media · Psychology · Social Psychology · Youth Education and Societal Dynamics

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