Reconsidering the "Aspiration-Expectation Gap" and Assumed Gender Differences among Urban Youth

Autor/inn/en	Perry, Justin C.; Przybysz, Jeff; Al-Sheikh, Muna
Titel	Reconsidering the "Aspiration-Expectation Gap" and Assumed Gender Differences among Urban Youth
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 74 (2009) 3, S.349-354 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2009.02.006
Schlagwörter	Expectation; Females; Reputation; Gender Differences; Urban Youth; Middle School Students; Correlation; Industrial Psychology; Vocational Interests; High School Students; Occupational Aspiration; Career Choice; Student Educational Objectives; African American Education; African American Students; Racial Differences; Multiracial Persons; White Students; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expectancy; Erwartung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Geschlechterkonflikt; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Korrelation; Betriebspsychologie; Industriepsychologie; Berufsinteresse; High school; High schools; Oberschule; Studentin; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; African Americans; Afroamerikaner; Rassenunterschied; Mischling; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	The present study investigated the relevance of the "aspiration-expectation gap" and traditional gender differences among urban youth in middle school and high school (N = 294). Results failed to indicate a significant difference between the occupational prestige levels of aspired and expected careers, but did indicate a significant difference between aspired and expected levels of education. In general, the proportion of girls significantly outweighed the proportion of boys in traditionally "masculine" occupations with high levels of prestige; girls also had higher levels of occupational prestige than boys in terms of careers they hoped and expected to obtain. Black and bi/multi-racial youth expected to have higher levels of education than White youth. (Contains 3 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10