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Understanding the Impact of Context on Ambition: Gender Role Conformity Negatively Influences Adolescent Boys' Ambition Scores in an Educational Context
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Sabrina Spangsdorf; Michelle K. Ryan; Teri A. Kirby – Youth & Society, 2024
We investigate how context might influence adolescent boys' and girls' ambition and the impact of gender role conformity and social status. Adolescent participants (N = 270) reported their ambition in one of three experimentally manipulated contexts: future education, future work, or a control. Boys experienced a significant negative drop in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Late Adolescents, Sex Role
The Effect of Parental Education on the Expectations of 15 Year Olds to Complete Higher Education in the Netherlands
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Nicole M. Swart; Maarten H. J. Wolbers – British Journal of Sociology of Education, 2024
This paper aims to determine the effect of parental education, as an important measure of social origin, on the expectations of 15 year olds to complete higher education in the Netherlands. More importantly, the paper tests specific explanations for this effect. For the empirical analysis, Dutch data from the PISA 2018 survey were used. The…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Expectation, Academic Aspiration
Awareness of Action Possibilities of Indian, Dutch, and American Adolescents
Sundberg, Norman D.; Tyler, Leona E. – J Cross Cult Psychol, 1970
Adolescents at the ninth grade level or its equivalent in three small communities answered a questionnaire which asked them to list as many occupations, free-time activities, and acquaintances as they could. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Adolescents, Career Choice, Cross Cultural Studies