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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MILLENNIALS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR GOALS AND PERSONAL CONSTRUCTS

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Date Issued:
2018
Abstract/Description:
The purpose of this study was to examine various aspects of Millennials' attitudes related to their beliefs about the United States and in the context of their personal, career, and family goals and ethnic identity. Another purpose of this study was to determine if selected personality variables would predict attitudes toward the United States. It was found that Millennials who held positive attitudes toward the United States in terms of being a viable country for them also had relatively clear and developed personal, career, and family goals. Moreover, three personality variables - resiliency, optimism, and (inversely) cynicism significantly contributed to Millennials' views of the United States. Last, ethnic identity - strong feelings of attachment and loyalty to one's ethnicity - correlated in various ways with both attitudes toward the United States and the belief that the United States is oppressive toward minorities. Those observed correlations varied depending on the specific ethnicity (non-Hispanic Whites who strongly identified with their ethnicity were less likely to consider the United States a discriminatory country toward minorities, whereas Hispanics, African Americans, and Asian Americans who identified strongly with their ethnicity were more likely to view the United States as oppressive toward minorities. More research is recommended to clarify and elucidate some of the obtained findings in this study.
Title: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MILLENNIALS' ATTITUDES TOWARDS THE UNITED STATES AND THEIR GOALS AND PERSONAL CONSTRUCTS.
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Name(s): Hernandez, Angelica M, Author
Negy, Charles, Committee Chair
University of Central Florida, Degree Grantor
Type of Resource: text
Date Issued: 2018
Publisher: University of Central Florida
Language(s): English
Abstract/Description: The purpose of this study was to examine various aspects of Millennials' attitudes related to their beliefs about the United States and in the context of their personal, career, and family goals and ethnic identity. Another purpose of this study was to determine if selected personality variables would predict attitudes toward the United States. It was found that Millennials who held positive attitudes toward the United States in terms of being a viable country for them also had relatively clear and developed personal, career, and family goals. Moreover, three personality variables - resiliency, optimism, and (inversely) cynicism significantly contributed to Millennials' views of the United States. Last, ethnic identity - strong feelings of attachment and loyalty to one's ethnicity - correlated in various ways with both attitudes toward the United States and the belief that the United States is oppressive toward minorities. Those observed correlations varied depending on the specific ethnicity (non-Hispanic Whites who strongly identified with their ethnicity were less likely to consider the United States a discriminatory country toward minorities, whereas Hispanics, African Americans, and Asian Americans who identified strongly with their ethnicity were more likely to view the United States as oppressive toward minorities. More research is recommended to clarify and elucidate some of the obtained findings in this study.
Identifier: CFH2000327 (IID), ucf:45750 (fedora)
Note(s): 2018-05-01
B.S.
College of Sciences, Psychology
Bachelors
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Subject(s): Millennials
Attitudes
United States
Optimism
Resiliency
Autonomy
Cynicism
Ethnicity
Persistent Link to This Record: http://purl.flvc.org/ucf/fd/CFH2000327
Restrictions on Access: public
Host Institution: UCF

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