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Vocational Preferences of Early Adolescents: Their Development in Social Context.

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Vondracek, Fred W.; Silbereisen, Rainer K.; Reitzle, Matthias; Wiesner, Margit – Journal of Adolescent Research, 1999

This study compared the timing of early vocational preferences in young adolescents from former East Germany and West Germany. Results suggested that as the memory of the Communist system fades and as younger adolescents have had less exposure to it, East-West differences tend to disappear. The formation of early vocational preferences was…

Descriptors: Adolescent Development, Career Choice, Career Development, Comparative Analysis

Contextual Constraints on Adolescents' Leisure.

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Silbereisen, Rainer K. – New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 2003

Interlinks crucial cultural themes emerging from preceding chapters, highlighting the contextual constraints in adolescents' use of free time. Draws parallels across the nations discussed on issues related to how school molds leisure time, the balance of passive versus active leisure, timing of leisure pursuits, and the cumulative effect of…

Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Context Effect