Correlates and consequences of uncertainty in career aspirations: Gender differences among adolescents in England
Correlates and consequences of uncertainty in career aspirations: Gender differences among adolescents in England
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DOI：
10.1016/j.jvb.2012.02.002
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发表时间：
2012-06-01
影响因子：
11.1
通讯作者：
Schoon, Ingrid
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作者：
Gutman, Leslie Morrison;Schoon, Ingrid
今天的年轻人在职业机会方面面临着很大的不确定性，但关于不确定的愿望的相关性和后果，人们知之甚少。这项研究借鉴了 1989/90 年英国年轻人纵向研究 (LSYPE)，检验了一个路径模型，调查不确定的职业抱负和其他相关变量是否介导社会经济地位与先前成就和后来的教育成果之间的联系。还检查了性别差异。研究结果表明，先前成就较低且社会经济背景较低的青少年更有可能对职业抱负感到不确定。假设的模型在一定程度上得到了支持，表明不确定的职业抱负和其他相关变量是重要的中介因素。出乎意料的是，当考虑到父母的教育期望、学校动机、感知的学术能力和有用的职业建议时，与具有特定职业抱负的青少年相比，职业抱负不确定的青少年在 16 岁时学业成绩更高，在 18 岁时入学的可能性更大，这表明这些年轻人可能会从延长职业选择暂停期中受益。 (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. 保留所有权利。
Young people today face a great deal of uncertainty regarding their career opportunities, yet relatively little information is known about the correlates and consequences of uncertain aspirations. Drawing upon the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England (LSYPE) born in 1989/90, this study examined a pathway model investigating whether uncertain career aspirations and other associated variables mediate the link between socioeconomic status and prior achievement and later educational outcomes. Gender differences were also examined. Findings indicate that adolescents who had lower prior achievement and were from lower socioeconomic backgrounds were more likely to have uncertainty in their career aspirations. The hypothesized model was supported to some extent, indicating that uncertain career aspirations and other associated variables were significant mediators. Unexpectedly, adolescents with uncertain career aspirations had higher academic performance at age 16 and a greater likelihood of educational enrollment at age 18 compared to those with high, certain aspirations, when parental educational expectations, school motivation, perceived academic ability and useful career advice were taken into account, suggesting that these young people may benefit from an extended period of moratorium in their career choice. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.