Sociopolitical development, work salience, and vocational expectations among low socioeconomic status African American, Latin American, and Asian American Youth

Developmental Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 619-635

  Diemer, Matthew A ^a   Wang, Qiu ^a   Moore, Traymanesha ^a   Gregory, Shannon R ^a   Hatcher, Keisha M ^a   Voight, Adam M ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Career development; Critical consciousness; Low socioeconomic status; Racial ethnic minorities; Sociopolitical development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAREER MOBILITY; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; ASIAN AMERICANS; CAREER MOBILITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCOME; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MOTIVATION; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; WORK;

EID: 77954853144     PISSN: 00121649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0017049     Document Type: Article

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