Social Psychological Variables and Their Relevance to the Status Attainment of Teenagers

Looker, E. Dianne; Pineo, Peter C.

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“…Moreover, when the other independent variables are added to the equations, the explained variance is substantially increased. Even though Australia is different in ethnic composition and the structure of its educational system from either Canada or the United States, these results are similar to the results of comparable research in both of these countries (see Clifton 1981;Clifton et al 1986;Featherman 1971;Hirschman and Falcon 1985;Looker and Pineo 1983;Stryker 1981). This line of research suggests that ethnic effects in education are small relative to other individual-status and social-context variables and that some minority ethnic groups have been able to use their cultural resources to obtain educational credentials (Hirschman and Falcon 1985;Olzak 1983;Yinger 1985).…”

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“…Clifton (Haller 1982). Despite substantial research, relatively few studies have focused on the social psychological variables that mediate ethnic and racial differences in attainments (see Clifton, Williams, and Clancy 1987;Featherman 1971;Hirschman and Falcon 1985;Looker and Pineo 1983;Otto andHaller 1979, Stryker 1981). Concomitantly, there has been little attempt to explain why ethnic and racial groups may differ on the social psychological variables and why such differences may affect the groups' educational and occupational attainment.…”

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The Academic Attainment of Ethnic Groups in Australia: A Social Psychological Model

Clifton¹,

Williams²,

Clancy³

1991

Sociology of Education

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The Academic Attainment of Ethnic Groups in Australia: A Social Psychological Model

Clifton¹,

Williams²,

Clancy³

1991

Sociology of Education

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“…Specifically, some studies have found that children's prejudiced attitudes are moderately influenced by their parents' attitudes (Carlson and Iovini 1985;Nauck 1995;Boehnke 2001;O'Bryan et al 2004), while others have found no systematic relationship (Looker and Pineo 1983;Aboud and Doyle 1996). According to Pinquart and Silberisen (2004), the reason for the heterogeneity of findings is that the transmission of values may be influenced by moderating variables, such as parenting style and the salience of the topic.…”

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Turkish Family Members’ Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men

Oksal

2007

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This study examined familial patterns of attitudes toward lesbians (AT-Lesbians) and toward gay men (ATGay) by using Herek's (1998) short-form of AT-Lesbian and AT-Gay scales. The participants were 116 college students (47 males, 69 females) and their parents (116 mothers, 116 fathers) located in the West Anatolian region of Turkey. Results point to significant differences between parents and their daughters, but not between parents and their sons. Fathers expressed relatively negative attitudes toward gay men, whereas mothers' expressed similar attitudes toward gay men and lesbians. Sons' attitudes did not differ significantly across attitude targets, whereas daughters expressed relatively negative attitudes toward lesbians. Maternal attitudes appeared to be the most effective predictor for young childrens' attitudes toward lesbians and gay men.

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“…Carpenter & Western, 1984;Corder & Stephan, 1984;Looker & Pineo, 1983;Poole, 1983;Shavit & Williams, 1985). It has been suggested by Schulenberg, Vondracek and Crouter (1984), however, that 'most empirical work has attempted to assess the salience of a few features of the family context (e.g.…”

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Gender/Social Class, Family Environments and Adolescents' Aspirations

Marjoribanks

1987

Australian Journal of Education

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This study examined relationships between family environments and the aspirations of 516 South Australian adolescents from six gender/social-class groups. Family environments were assessed initially when the adolescents were 11 years old when measures were obtained of parents' aspirations for their children and of their instrumental and affective orientations to learning. When the adolescents were 16 years old, their perceptions of their parents' support for learning and of their own aspirations were assessed. Regression surfaces were constructed from models that included terms to account for possible linear, interaction and curvilinear relationships. The findings suggested the propositions that parents' aspirations have a direct impact (a) on female adolescents' educational aspirations and (b) on the educational and occupational aspirations of male working-class adolescents, after considering the effect on aspirations of the adolescents' perceptions of parents' support. The results also indicated gender/social-class differences in the relationships between family environments and adolescents' aspirations.

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Social Psychological Variables and Their Relevance to the Status Attainment of Teenagers

Cited by 43 publications

References 29 publications

The Academic Attainment of Ethnic Groups in Australia: A Social Psychological Model

The Academic Attainment of Ethnic Groups in Australia: A Social Psychological Model

Turkish Family Members’ Attitudes Toward Lesbians and Gay Men

Gender/Social Class, Family Environments and Adolescents' Aspirations

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