Boyfriends, babies and basketball: present lives and future aspirations of young women in a remote Australian Aboriginal community

Senior, Kate; Chenhall, Richard

doi:10.1080/13676261.2012.663890

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“…Previous research has focused on the possible selves of participants from a range of specific cultures including aboriginals (Senior & Chenhall, 2012) and Latinos (Yowell, 2000). Studies that have directly compared possible selves of participants from different cultures have been based on participants living in one country.…”

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Imagining the future: A cross-cultural perspective on possible selves

Rathbone

Salgado

Akan

et al. 2016

Consciousness and Cognition

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This study examined the impact of culture on the qualitative and quantitative features of possible selves. Young adults from Turkey (n = 55), Serbia (n = 64), and the United Kingdom (n = 73) generated images of eight possible selves (e.g. I will be a doctor) which were dated and rated for vividness, positivity, imagery perspective, rehearsal, and according to whether or not they involved other people. All possible selves were coded according to categories (e.g. job, parenthood, self-improvement). There were cross-cultural differences in the types of possible selves generated and in the ratings for vividness, positivity, and rehearsal. Across all three cultures, specific possible selves were more frequently generated than abstract possible selves. Specific possible selves were rated as significantly more vivid and were dated as emerging later than abstract possible selves. Results are discussed with reference to cultural life scripts and the effects of culture on future cognitions.

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Imagining the future: A cross-cultural perspective on possible selves

Rathbone

Salgado

Akan

et al. 2016

Consciousness and Cognition

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“…Exposure and accessibility to information and experiences were also identified in a number of articles as important facilitators of educational and occupational aspirations (Barney 2013;Cameron and Robinson 2014;Chirgwin 2014;Fleet et al 2012;Hossain et al 2008;Kinnane et al 2014;Senior and Chenhall 2012;Shah and Widin 2010;Walker et al 2008). Specifically, having direct involvement with the higher education environment prior to enrolment, such as through university-based programs that provide students with a connection to higher education, has been identified as an important enabler (Cameron and Robinson 2014;Harwood et al 2015;Kinnane et al 2014;O'Shea et al 2013;Rahman 2010;Shah and Widin 2010;Turnbull 2014).…”

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“…The articles highlight that this unfamiliarity can also stem from restricted life opportunities and local facilities, with geographic location being identified as a physical barrier to Indigenous young people from rural and remote communities accessing further opportunities (Mission Australia 2014; Senior and Chenhall 2012;Walker et al 2008), and university in particular (Hossain et al 2008;Kinnane et al 2014;Kippen et al 2006). Connected with this barrier are experiences of relocation and dislocation when Indigenous students need to move away from family and community to pursue many educational opportunities, identified by students both during their schooling (Craven et al 2005;Walker et al 2008) as well as during/ after enrolment in higher education (Fleet et al 2007;Kippen et al 2006).…”

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“…Occupational aspirations In several studies, Indigenous school students nominated specific occupational aspirations, spanning the gamut of different professions such as teaching, law, medicine, nursing, hairdressing, child care, mechanics, defence, sport, and performing arts (Craven et al 2005;Nelson and Hay 2010;Senior and Chenhall 2012;Sikora and Biddle 2015;Walker et al 2008). However, in comparison to their non-Indigenous peers, Indigenous students have been found to be less likely to identify a career that requires a university qualification (Craven et al 2005).…”

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The participation of Australian Indigenous students in higher education: a scoping review of empirical research, 2000–2016

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While access to higher education has increased for Indigenous Australians, participation and completion rates remain lower than those of nonIndigenous Australians. A sound evidence base is needed to ground equity initiatives if they are to address the specific needs of Indigenous students. This paper presents the results of a scoping review of empirical research focusing on the participation of Indigenous students in higher education. The purpose of the scoping review was to synthesise empirical research on aspirations for, and barriers and enablers to, higher education that were published between 2000 and 2016 (n = 57), and identify areas where further research is needed. Despite a recent increase in research on this topic, relatively little attention has been paid to Indigenous students' aspirations while they are at school. We argue that future research should take account of school students' aspirations for higher education, including primary school students; the similitude of barriers and enablers across the student life cycle; differences within Indigenous community and among Indigenous students; and, the insights emerging from Indigenous methodologies and scholarship.

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“…Violence has been implicated in problems to do with mental health (mainly depression), sleeplessness, homelessness, higher rates of pregnancy termination, lowered self-esteem, increased engagement in high risk behaviours and suicidal ideation (Astbury, Bruck, & Loxton, 2011;Australian Human Rights Commission, 2015; Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), 2015; Delfabbro et al, 2006;Senior & Chenhall, 2012;Taft & Watson, 2007, 2008. Moreover, DFV can negatively impact on experiences of motherhood and ability to parent effectively which, in turn, can impact on childhood attachment and developmental outcomes (Hooker et al, 2016;WHO, 2010).…”

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Family Violence and its Elimination: The Search for New Ways

Sanders¹,

Lehmann²

2016

Children Australia

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As a significant social problem at the foreground of social and political commentary violence, and violence against women (VAW) in particular, is receiving a great deal of local and global attention (Hooker, Kaspiew, & Taft, 2016). Following years of campaigning by women's groups, there appears to be substantial will and determination to redress this social problem both here and abroad. The movement started back in the late 1960s, with Scotland being one of the countries that led the way and ‘Much of this work was undertaken by women's units, equalities units, and later, community safety units.’ Various efforts were made to address violence towards women and sexual abuse; and ‘Undoubtedly the most high profile example of this was the development in 1992/1993 of the Zero Tolerance poster campaign by Edinburgh District Council Women's Unit’ (The Scottish Government, 2005).

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Boyfriends, babies and basketball: present lives and future aspirations of young women in a remote Australian Aboriginal community

Cited by 42 publications

References 12 publications

Imagining the future: A cross-cultural perspective on possible selves

Imagining the future: A cross-cultural perspective on possible selves

The participation of Australian Indigenous students in higher education: a scoping review of empirical research, 2000–2016

Family Violence and its Elimination: The Search for New Ways

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