Interviews with second-generation Chinese-American undergraduates (N=30) revealed high self-imposed and perceived parental educational and career expectations. Suggests the powerful role of culture and parental pressure in the development of the inner drive for achievement. Parental support, as well as pressure, was reported. Discusses academic…

Second graders (n=208) were followed up in fourth grade (n=160) and sixth grade (n=130), with surveys of 162 mothers and 159 fathers. Boys chose more same-sex occupations as they matured, girls the opposite. They identified more realistic aspirations as they matured, and choice of job level tended to match parents' expectations. (SK)

Analysis of longitudinal data on 658 German adolescents studied from sixth to ninth grade identified four developmental patterns of beliefs about their academic capabilities: steady high, increasing, decreasing, and steady low. Factors influencing patterns included parental involvement/interest, maternal warmth, school grade, school anxiety, and…

A study of 287 undergraduates (149 from intact homes) showed that those from intact families displayed more career decidedness and financial connectedness to parents. Students with divorced parents had higher financial press and greater independence from fathers. Partial or limited support for separation/attachment theory was found. (Contains 47…

Measures completed by 250 men convicted of drinking under the influence of alcohol were analyzed to examine the direct effects of parental problem drinking and the mediational influence of drinking motives on alcohol use. The findings extend predictive utility of specific drinking motive dimensions on alcohol use and problem outcomes from previous…

Offers a personal account of why, within a group of four Harlem families, some children achieved educational and career success while others were plagued by serious problems. Stresses the importance of good parenting and high expectations and suggests strategies for working with students at risk because of disadvantaged environments. (EV)

Adolescent girls from an urban-based clinic participated in a longitudinal study about psychosexual development and risk of STD acquisition. The girls were asked about their perceptions of loci of control (parents, internal control) as it relates to STD acquisition. Responses to locus of control correlated over time but variations were not found…

Family and consumer sciences students (n=153) displayed a high level of interest in entrepreneurship courses, were considering entrepreneurial futures, and were planning coursework to prepare for their careers. Interest in entrepreneurship was significantly more likely if their parents, especially mothers, owned businesses. (SK)

When 126 rural 10th-12th graders completed the "My Vocational Challenges" instrument, perceived parental support was a significant predictor of efficacy expectations and vocational interests. Using Holland's classifications, both genders associated men with "Realistic" and "Investigative" occupations and women with "Artistic" and "Conventional"…

We investigate familial relationships in consumption patterns using a sample of parents and their children from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. We find a positive and statistically significant parent-specific effect on children's consumption even after controlling for the effect of parental income. This correlation is found in different…

This study addresses three questions: (a) What influence do parents' attitudes toward divorce have on offspring's attitudes? (b) How are offspring's attitudes toward divorce influenced by parental divorce, and do the effects vary depending on the gender of the child? and (c) How do conditions surrounding parental divorce influence young adults'…

Past research suggests that adolescents whose parents are violent toward one another should be more likely to experience dating violence. Having friends in violent relationships also may increase the odds of dating violence. The authors examined which antecedent, friend dating violence or interparental violence, if either, is more strongly…

Guided by the heuristic model proposed by Eisenberg et al. [Psychol. Inq. 9 (1998) 241], we examined the relations of mothers' reported and observed negative expressivity to children's (N = 159; 74 girls; M age = 7.67 years) experience and expression of emotion. Children's experience and/or expression of emotion in response to a distressing film…

This paper investigates the importance of knowing whether or not deaf and hard-of-hearing students have one or more deaf or hard-of-hearing parents. As noted by Mitchell and Karchmer (2004), deaf and hard-of-hearing school-age children and youth in the United States with at least one parent identified as "hearing impaired" are nearly…

This study explored the effects of parent-child relationships on the global self-worth and morality of juvenile delinquents. Participants were adjudicated as first-time shoplifting/theft offenders. Factor analyses of three self-esteem scales revealed two reliable parent-child relationship (conduct around parents and interactions with parents) and…