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Direct linkSchmitt, Sara A.; Paes, Tanya M.; Duncan, Robert J.; Vandell, Deborah Lowe – Developmental Psychology, 2023
This study examined the extent to which early cumulative risk predicts a range of behavioral and psychological outcomes (i.e., depression, future orientation, risky behavior, educational attainment, and socioeconomic outcomes) measured at ages 15 and 26 and whether executive function (EF) and/or behavioral regulation mediated and/or moderated…
Descriptors: Risk, Behavior, Adolescents, Young Adults
Versey, H. Shellae – Developmental Psychology, 2015
How can we effectively manage competing obligations from work and family without becoming overwhelmed? This question inspires the current study by examining control strategies that may facilitate better work-life balance, with a specific focus on the role of lowered aspirations and positive reappraisals, attitudes that underlie adaptive coping…
Descriptors: Family Work Relationship, National Surveys, Well Being, Coping
Parker, Philip D.; Thoemmes, Felix; Duineveld, Jasper J.; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – Developmental Psychology, 2015
Existing gap-year research indicates a number of benefits of a gap-year at the end of school and before university enrollment. Life span theory of control, however, suggests that direct goal investment, rather than delay, at developmental transitions is associated with more adaptive outcomes. Comparing these perspectives, the authors undertook 2…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Stopouts, Psychological Patterns, Educational Attainment
Morgan, Jessica; Robinson, Oliver – Developmental Psychology, 2013
The present study examined adult age and sex differences in self-reported aspirations and personal meaning. Young, midlife, and older adults (N = 2,557) from the United Kingdom or United States completed an online survey of their aspiration striving, aspiration importance, and personal meaning (subscales of Purposeful Life, Exciting Life,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Self Concept, World Views, Quality of Life
Peer reviewedWalls, Richard T.; Cox, Janet – Developmental Psychology, 1971
Descriptors: Advantaged, Aspiration, Disadvantaged, Elementary School Students
Peer reviewedHandel, Amos – Developmental Psychology, 1975
This study examined the relations between attitudes and cognitive functioning in 950 Israeli seventh grade students. In the lowest socioeconomic group, locus of control was the most potent attitude variable while in the higher socioeconomic groups, self-concept and aspirations were most strongly associated with cognitive functioning. (JMB)
Descriptors: Aspiration, Attitudes, Cognitive Ability, Junior High Schools
Peer reviewedFlanagan, Constance A.; Tucker, Corinna Jenkins – Developmental Psychology, 1999
Examined relationships between adolescents' explanations for unemployment, poverty, and homelessness, and their beliefs about opportunity, reports of family values, and personal aspirations. Found that likelihood of attributing problems to societal causes was positively related to maternal education and average household income in adolescent's…
Descriptors: Adolescent Attitudes, Adolescent Development, Adolescents, Age Differences
