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Pham, Yen Kim – ProQuest LLC, 2013
This study evaluates a model of social capital where support from parents, peers, teachers, and mentors (SOS) was hypothesized to mediate the link between students' abilities to mobilize support (MOS) and four school-related outcomes: academic, behavioral, emotional, and career outcome expectations. Survey data from 206 high school students with…
Descriptors: Social Capital, Models, Social Support Groups, Mentors
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Evans, Clifford D.; Diekman, Amanda B. – Psychology of Women Quarterly, 2009
Despite widespread changes in occupational opportunities, men and women continue to show divergent preferences for careers. This research invoked a motivational framework to explain sex-differentiated career interest. From a role congruity perspective (Diekman & Eagly, 2008), the internalization of gender roles leads people to endorse…
Descriptors: Careers, Females, Structural Equation Models, Role Theory
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Glynn, Shawn M.; Taasoobshirazi, Gita; Brickman, Peggy – Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 2007
A theoretical model of nonscience majors' motivation to learn science was tested by surveying 369 students in a large-enrollment college science course that satisfies a core curriculum requirement. Based on a social-cognitive framework, motivation to learn science was conceptualized as having both cognitive and affective influences that foster…
Descriptors: Learning Motivation, College Science, Careers, Structural Equation Models