In: Red Hot Chili Peppers -- Out: Jason Donovan (From Youth Subcultures: Theory, History and the Australian Experience, P 136-143, 1993, Rob White, ed. -- See NCJ-162536)

• NCJ Number: 162556
• Author(s): C Denholm
• Date Published: 1993
• Length: 8 pages
• Sale Source: National Clearinghouse for Youth Studies
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: Australia
• Note: Appendix reprinted from Youth Studies Australia, V 22, N 2 (1992)

Annotation

Given pressing youth-related issues in many parts of Australia, including unemployment, poverty, homelessness, and increased retention in senior secondary schools, a questionnaire was sent to 183 senior secondary school students in Tasmania in 1992 to document information about the influence of peer groups.

Abstract

Comments were solicited concerning peer names, dress, language, music, activities, behavior, and relationships with adults. In 1993, 130 senior secondary school students were asked to review comments obtained in 1992. Informal discussions with students following completion of the initial survey in 1992 consisted of sharing experiences they had with youth who belonged to various groups. It was found that 97 group names were clustered into 10 most frequently mentioned names in the initial survey. A year later, students generated 165 names for groups which could still be separated into the 10 major clusters. Comments about dress and appearance most often involved hairstyles, hygiene, and designer clothes and shoes. Music tastes and the use of certain words and phrases changed significantly. The amount of destructive social behavior did not change substantially, relationships with adults remained relatively stable, and few comments were offered about the emergence of new groups. An appendix contains descriptive information collated from the 1992 survey. 10 references and 8 figures