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Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology
2013. Vol. 2, no. 4, 118–130
ISSN: 2304-4977 (online)

Overview of Kiefer and Ryan's study devoted to early adolescent students' perception of various characteristics associated with social success

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A. Volkov

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Abstract

The article highlights the research of American scientists S.M. Kiefer and A.M. Ryan aimed at the analysis of students' perception of various characteristics associated with social success. Their findings were first published in 2011 and were not familiar to the Russian audience. The purpose of the article is to introduce the data, concerning the specificity of teenagers' perception of social success, to psychologists in Russia. The cited authors regard positive attitude of students in early teen age to various characteristics associated with social success.

General Information

Keywords: social success; perception; adolescence; students

Journal rubric: Social Psychology

Article type: review article

For citation: Volkov A. Overview of Kiefer and Ryan's study devoted to early adolescent students' perception of various characteristics associated with social success [Elektronnyi resurs]. Sovremennaia zarubezhnaia psikhologiia = Journal of Modern Foreign Psychology, 2013. Vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 118–130. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

A. Volkov, PhD student at the Department of Social Psychology, Moscow State University of Psychology and Education, Moscow, Russia, e-mail: alexander.volkov.89@mail.ru

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