Socialization, Ambition, and Career Expectations: Race-Sex Variations Among Adolescents.

Autor/in	Noel, Dorothy Elizabeth
Titel	Socialization, Ambition, and Career Expectations: Race-Sex Variations Among Adolescents.
Quelle	(1978), (203 Seiten)Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Hochschulschrift; Academic Aspiration; Adolescents; Birth Order; Black Achievement; Black Students; Career Choice; Employed Women; Equal Education; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Expectation; Family Influence; Females; Motivation; Occupational Aspiration; Questionnaires; Racial Differences; Role Conflict; Secondary School Students; Sex Differences; Social Bias; Socialization; White Students; Womens Education; Louisiana + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Geburtenfolge; 'Female employment; Women''s employment'; Frauenbeschäftigung; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Expectancy; Erwartung; Weibliches Geschlecht; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch); Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Fragebogen; Rassenunterschied; Rollenkonflikt; Sekundarschüler; Sex difference; Geschlechtsunterschied; Socialisation; Sozialisation; 'Women''s education'; Frauenbildung
Abstract	The primary objective of the largely exploratory study was an empirical examination of familial socialization practices and their influence on ambition (measured as education and occupational expectations) of black and white males and females. Existing generalizations about career expectations were extended by establishing comparisons on the basis of sex and race, and by adding indicators of family structure, parental socialization practices and sex-specific behavioral patterns. Twenty-nine hypotheses were tested to determine if parental socialization practices would vary by race and sex of respondents, as suggested by existing literature. The actual results differed markedly from those expected. Major findings were that social origin influenced the career plans of all males more than all females and that early marriage plans of black females were associated with high occupational expectations. There also appeared to be research implications for the development of a concept of sex roles. The data base, an unbiased subsample of a larger 1970 cross sectional youth study, consisted of questionnaire responses from 2170 black and white male and female seniors from Louisiana public and private high schools. Appendices include the questionnaire and a comparison of data sets. (SB)
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC