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Gendered Motivational Processes Affecting High School Mathematics Participation, Educational Aspirations, and Career Plans: A Comparison of Samples from Australia, Canada, and the United States
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Watt, Helen M. G.; Shapka, Jennifer D.; Morris, Zoe A.; Durik, Amanda M.; Keating, Daniel P.; Eccles, Jacquelynne S. – Developmental Psychology, 2012
In this international, longitudinal study, we explored gender differences in, and gendered relationships among, math-related motivations emphasized in the Eccles (Parsons) et al. (1983) expectancy-value framework, high school math participation, educational aspirations, and career plans. Participants were from Australia, Canada, and the United…
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, North Americans, Foreign Countries
The Influence of Family Functioning and Parent-Adolescent Acculturation on North American Chinese Adolescent Outcomes
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Crane, D. Russell; Ngai, So Wa; Larson, Jeffry H.; Hafen, McArthur, Jr. – Family Relations, 2005
The present study investigated the associations between family functioning, acculturation between parents and their adolescents, and adolescent adjustment problems. Chinese adolescents and their parents (N=41) living in the United States and Canada participated in this study. Results showed that differences in acculturation between parents and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, North Americans, Acculturation, Depression (Psychology)
Hopelessness and Suicidal Ideation among Adolescents in Two Cultures
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Stewart, Sunita Mahtani; Kennard, Betsy D.; Lee, Peter W. H.; Mayes, Taryn; Hughes, Carroll; Emslie, Graham – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2005
Background: This study examines the cross-sectional and longitudinal associations among cognitive variables, depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation in Hong Kong Chinese and Caucasian American adolescents. Methods: Community adolescents (n = 2,044) ages 14-18 years from Hong Kong and the United States provided information regarding their…
Descriptors: Asian Culture, Self Efficacy, Suicide, Adolescents