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Mireles-Rios, Rebeca; Romo, Laura F. – Developmental Psychology, 2014
Adolescent girls' and their mothers' expectations for their daughters' college attainment, mother-daughter communication about education, and daughters' early childbearing attitudes were examined in 146 U.S.-raised Latina girls (mean age = 14.4 years) and their mostly immigrant mothers. Through structural equation modeling, we…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Females, Mothers, Daughters
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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