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\nConway Saylor, Professor of Psychology and Director of Service Learning and Civic Engagement  \nThe Citadel, Charleston SC  \nINTRODUCTION  \n• As children grow up, they are constantly asked about the who their heroes or role models are, and why they chose them.  \n• There is very little research about who children select as their heroes and why.  \n• Since heroes may become role models and influence children’s values and behaviors, it is important to learn more about this.  \n• Children’s choices of heroes may change overtime.  \n• The purpose of this study was to investigate the rate at which children identify different types of people as their heroes.  \n• Additionally, the study explored whether those choices varied by age, gender, and race.  \nMETHODS  \nSubjects  \nParticipants (Surveyed):  \n• 1973 K-5 students  \n• Male: 50%, Female: 50%  \n• Age: 5-11  \n• African Americans: 52.8 % Caucasian: 13.2 % Asian: 1.9%  \nOther/Mixed: 5.2%  \nProcedures  \n• The subjects in this study were students from Title I schools, who participated in a heroism-themed outreach (SHARE) program done by college students during a campus-wide service day.  \n• Trained college students taught students about heroism, and assisted them in creating a ThankYou card for their heroes.  \n• Each student completed a survey that asked about their age, gender, ethnicity, wide variety of questions about who were their heroes?  \n• The students who were still learning how to read and write, were asked to verbal explain why they chose that individual.  \n• The IRB’s of both the college and school district approved for the data to be disseminated without identifiers.  \nRESULTS  \nFigure 1 : A General Description of how genders varied in hero selection  \n\n|  | Police Officers | Active Duty | Veterans | Parent/Guardians | Other Relatives | Teachers and Coaches |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Males | | | | | | |\n| Female | | | | | | |\n\nIn this study, we discovered that in the sample of 1973 K-5 students, the TOP 5 hero groups that were reported were:  \nParents/Guardians (42.5%), Police Officers (13.4%), Active Duty Military (10.3%),  \nTeachers/Coaches (9.6%), Various Public Figures (9.2%)  \nFigure 2 : Percentage of each gender who named Parents, Other Relatives, Veterans, Active Duty Military, Police Officers, or Teachers as their heroes  \nMales  \n2.00%     \n1.00%  \n4%  \n15.00%  \n10.00%  \n65.00%  \n Parents/Guardians  Active_Duty  \n Veterans  Police_Officers  \n Other_Relatives  Teachers/Coaches  \nFemales  \nParents/Guardians Veterans Other_Relatives  \nActive_Duty Police_Officers Teachers/Coaches  \nDISCUSSION  \n• There were no significant differences among on the age groups in regards of naming other relatives, firefighters, police officers, healthcare professionals, and publics figures.  \n• Among all of the listed heroes, teachers, and adult mentors had the most impact on older children.  \n• However, overall, 40% of the children chose their parents/guardians as their heroes.  \n• This research showed us that children’s heroes may slightly differ from one gender to another; however, the idea of having a hero/role model does not significantly change regardless of age or ethnicity.  \n• Simply having someone there to look up to, and to be inspired by, is good enough for the children to strive for.  \n• Parents and teachers may underestimate how important they are as role models.  \nACKNOWLEDGEMENTS  \n• The authors wish to thank the Charleston County School District and the staff of the 18 Title I schools who participated on Leadership Day, 2017.  \n• Members of the Citadel’s SLCE team assisted in data collection and entry. Thanks in particular to Christina Arnold, John Ray Roberts, Ashley Burton, Marshall Haas, Nathan Adams, Cacie Fehrmann, and Angel Peralta.  \n• We are grateful that our travel to SEPA was supported by generous donations from Citadel alumni t","cbCaieCemC4QWmvG","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaieCemC4QWmvG","pdf",1172708,"English","# Introduction\n# Methods\n## Subjects\n## Procedures\n# Results\n# Discussion\n# Acknowledgements","[{\"question\":\"What was the purpose of the study on children’s heroes?\",\"answer\":\"To investigate how frequently children identify different types of people as heroes, and whether those choices vary by age, gender, and race.\"},{\"question\":\"How were the participants recruited and what did they do during the study?\",\"answer\":\"K-5 students from Title I schools participated in a heroism-themed SHARE program during a campus service day, created thank-you cards, and completed a survey about who they considered heroes.\"},{\"question\":\"What did the study find about which hero groups were most common?\",\"answer\":\"Parents/guardians were reported most often (42.5%), followed by police officers (13.4%), active duty military (10.3%), teachers/coaches (9.6%), and various public figures (9.2%).\"},{\"question\":\"Did hero choices significantly differ by age, gender, or ethnicity?\",\"answer\":\"The discussion reports no significant differences among age groups for several hero categories and indicates that the role-model idea did not significantly change across age or ethnicity, while teachers and adult mentors had the most impact on older children.\"}]","Children’s Heroes: Do They Vary by Age, Gender, and Race? | PDF"]