Boyfriends, Babies and Basketball: Present Lives and Future Aspirations of Young Women in a Remote Australian Aboriginal Community

Autor/inn/en	Senior, Kate A.; Chenhall, Richard D.
Titel	Boyfriends, Babies and Basketball: Present Lives and Future Aspirations of Young Women in a Remote Australian Aboriginal Community
Quelle	In: Journal of Youth Studies, 15 (2012) 3, S.369-388 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1367-6261
DOI	10.1080/13676261.2012.663890
Schlagwörter	Indigenous Populations; Females; Foreign Countries; Rural Areas; Futures (of Society); Change Agents; Adolescents; Goal Orientation; Pregnancy; Violence; Early Parenthood; Questionnaires; Team Sports; Occupational Aspiration; Self Concept; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sinti und Roma; Weibliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Future; Society; Zukunft; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Schwangerschaft; Gewalt; Fragebogen; Mannschaftssport; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Selbstkonzept; Australien
Abstract	This paper explores the aspirations of a group of young women in a remote Aboriginal community in the Northern Territory of Australia. It examines how their hopes and expectations are influenced by the reality of their everyday lives and the extent to which they are able to influence the course of their lives and become agents for change in their own communities. As with adolescents in lower socio-economic groups, the majority of young women in River Town have not developed life goals or clear strategies of how to achieve these goals. The choices that young women have are constrained by their narrow range of experience, which is characterized by early pregnancies and the potential threat of male violence. However, young women have articulated specific domains where they are able to control and structure their lives. This paper discusses the experiences of young women in this remote Aboriginal community. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10