Educational Aspirations: Longitudinal Evidence on Their Development in Canadian Youth.

Williams, Trevor H.

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Educational Aspirations: Longitudinal Evidence on Their Development in Canadian Youth

Williams, Trevor H.

Sociology of Education, 45, 2, 107-133, Spr 72

The development of educational aspirations in high school students is represented in a causal model, measuring influence of referents at two points in time. Changes in effects of causes is central. Data suggests influence changes over time, parents exhert greatest influence, sex differences in decision-making processes are manifest. (Author)

Descriptors: Academic Aspiration, Aspiration, Attitude Change, High School Students, Parent Influence, Peer Relationship, Social Influences, Social Status, Student Attitudes, Student Motivation

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