Changing Concepts of Morality: 1948-69

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Quantitative content analysis of selected issues of the Ladies Home Journal revealed shifts in value orientations—most notably from future to present and from doing to being. A qualitative analysis relates these findings to behavior changes and life-style as portrayed in these same issues and places particular emphasis on concepts of morality. Several trends are noted: (1) morality as a rather permanent inflexible set of standards becomes a more fluid concept which each defines for himself; (2) the use of psychological explanation for understanding behaviors becomes increasingly used to justify behaviors; (3) the importance of mental health for the good of family and society gives way to concern with psychological adjustments to meet the needs of the individual; (4) a not altogether clear relationship appears between the housewife's need to turn outward beyond home and family responsibility and her changing attitudes toward marriage.

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