Adolescents' Occupational and Educational Aspirations and Expectations: Links to High School Activities and Adult Educational Attainment

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 258-265

  Beal, Sarah J ^a   Crockett, Lisa J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescence; aspirations; educational attainment; expectations

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ASPIRATIONS (PSYCHOLOGY); CAREER CHOICE; COGNITION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 76449122184     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017416     Document Type: Article

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