Date of Award
2007
Degree Name
Sociology
College
College of Liberal Arts
Type of Degree
M.A.
Document Type
Thesis
First Advisor
Karen Simpkins
Second Advisor
Nicholas Freidin
Third Advisor
Richard Garnett
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to discover the results of the effects of stereotypes and under what conditions certain stereotypes occur. The focus of this study is to examine stereotypes connected to the children of a Protestant minister and the spouses of those children. Ethnographic interviews and surveys show that the stereotype does exist in two distinct ways. Children of ministers are expected to either be rebellious hellions or they are expected to be perfect role models. The stereotypes affect the respondents more as children and teenagers than as adults unless as an adult the child still attends the same church as the minister parent. Adult children of ministers not in the same church do not experience the stereotype as they had as children. The in-laws of ministers do not experience the same stereotypes that their spouses have and in some cases, not at all.
Recommended Citation
Allman, Tara J., "An Analysis of the Stereotypes of Preacher’s Kids and its Application on their Spouses" (2007). Theses, Dissertations and Capstones. 13.
https://mds.marshall.edu/etd/13
