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Possible Selves among Urban Youth: A Study of Developmental Differences and the Aspirations-Expectations Gap
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Perry, Justin C.; Raeburn, Ryan – Journal of Career Development, 2017
The present study investigated developmental differences and stability in possible selves within the educational and occupational domain among a diverse sample of urban youth (N = 319). A secondary aim was to test the "aspiration-expectation gap" while exploring the role of subjective social class and gender differences. Results did not…
Descriptors: Self Concept, Urban Youth, Gender Differences, Occupational Aspiration
Possible Selves among Urban Youths of Color: An Exploration of Peer Beliefs and Gender Differences
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Perry, Justin C.; Vance, Kristen S. – Career Development Quarterly, 2010
Drawing from possible selves theory (H. Markus & P. Nurius, 1986), this study explored the roles of peer beliefs about school and gender differences in the development of academic and occupational visions of the future among 216 urban youths of color. Peer beliefs were not related to career and educational possible selves. No gender-based…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Urban Youth, Self Concept, Peer Groups
Reconsidering the "Aspiration-Expectation Gap" and Assumed Gender Differences among Urban Youth
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Perry, Justin C.; Przybysz, Jeff; Al-Sheikh, Muna – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2009
The present study investigated the relevance of the "aspiration-expectation gap" and traditional gender differences among urban youth in middle school and high school (N = 294). Results failed to indicate a significant difference between the occupational prestige levels of aspired and expected careers, but did indicate a significant difference…
Descriptors: Expectation, Females, Reputation, Gender Differences