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Adolescents' Occupational and Educational Aspirations and Expectations: Links to High School Activities and Adult Educational Attainment
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Beal, Sarah J.; Crockett, Lisa J. – Developmental Psychology, 2010
This longitudinal study explored adolescents' future-oriented cognitions, current activities, and later educational attainment using data from 317 adolescents (55% female; mean age = 14.98 years, SD = 0.85) followed into early adulthood. Aspirations and expectations regarding work and education showed modest stability from year to year.…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Educational Attainment, Academic Aspiration, Adolescents
Gender Variation in Developmental Trajectories of Educational and Occupational Expectations and Attainment from Adolescence to Adulthood
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Mello, Zena R. – Developmental Psychology, 2008
Adolescents' future expectations are a potentially important precursor of adult attainment and may illuminate how males and females vary in schooling and work. Thus, this longitudinal study examined gender variation in developmental trajectories of educational and occupational expectations from adolescence to adulthood and in connection to…
Descriptors: Females, Males, Adolescents, Academic Aspiration