Document Resume Ed 221 782 Cg 016 208 Title Adolescents and Adults:-ratings and Expected Ratings of Themselves and Each Other. Reproductions Supplied by Edrs Are the Best That Can Bb Made ' * * from the Original Document

Idifferently may result in better prediction of teenage behavior. To compare the perceptions of adolescents and adults on 20 personality characteristics, rating tables originally constructed by Hess and Goldblatt (1957) were given to 35,Hispanic and Anglo high school students, who took complementary forms home for their'parents to complete. Redults were analyzed for possible differences by age, sex, ethnicity, and family size. The differences between patent and adolescent views were much less extreme than the differences originally found by Hess and Goldblatt. No significant differences for age, sex, ethnicity, or family 'size were found. The fimdings indicate that parents and adolescents expect to be viewed much differently bylthe other group than they actually are viewed. (Author/JAC)