Investigates the differences in educational and vocational aspirations of Anglo, Mexican-American, and Negro adolescents. Combines a cross-sectional approach, a repeated measurement design with matched groups, and a longitudinal approach. Discusses the counteracting effects of the increasing age of subjects and of the epogenic influences.…

This study investigated the relationship of locus of control to the ideal and real occupational aspirations of adolescent females. Significant association was found between locus of control and ideal occupational aspiration and between locus of control and the presence or absence of discrepancy between ideal and real occupational aspiration.…

Comparisons were made of subjects whose mothers differed in work history and attitudes toward careers. Maternal preference for a career had a positive effect upon subjects' self-esteem and evaluations of their own competence; maternal employment did not. (Author)

Correlations were obtained between scores on personality variables reflecting the components of psychosocial development described by Erikson and measures of the expectations of college held by entering students. Results indicate that successful psychosocial development is related to high expectations concerning the faculty, the administration,…

Educational and occupational aspirations of college freshmen were analyzed by sex and ability level. The sample was divided into "traditional" students who would have qualified for admission to the City University of New York prior to the open admissions policy, and "open admissions" students. (Author)

This study measured the effectiveness of a college level compensatory program for black disadvantaged students relative to aspiration, motivation, and academic levels as compared to advantaged students. Results revealed that the disadvantaged group reduced the gap between initial disparities on the criterion measures for the independent variables…

This research studied sex differences and age trends in the relationship of occupational preferences and aversions and occupational prestige. The relationships between preference and prestige were positive and stronger for the males than for the females. Males learn to prefer prestigious occupations; females learn to avoid them. (Author)