Sociopolitical Development, Work Salience, and Vocational Expectations among Low Socioeconomic Status African American, Latin American, and Asian American Youth

Autor/inn/en	Diemer, Matthew A.; Wang, Qiu; Moore, Traymanesha; Gregory, Shannon R.; Hatcher, Keisha M.; Voight, Adam M.
Titel	Sociopolitical Development, Work Salience, and Vocational Expectations among Low Socioeconomic Status African American, Latin American, and Asian American Youth
Quelle	In: Developmental Psychology, 46 (2010) 3, S.619-635 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1649
DOI	10.1037/a0017049
Schlagwörter	Social Mobility; Youth; Asian Americans; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Career Development; Expectation; Occupational Aspiration; Low Income Groups; Socioeconomic Status; Minority Groups; Cultural Differences; High School Students; Social Justice; Equal Opportunities (Jobs); Consciousness Raising; Structural Equation Models; Longitudinal Studies; Academic Achievement + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Soziale Mobilität; Jugend; Jugendlicher; Jugendalter; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner; Berufsentwicklung; Expectancy; Erwartung; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Ethnische Minderheit; Kultureller Unterschied; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Soziale Gerechtigkeit; Equal opportunity; Equal opportunities; Job; Jobs; Chancengleichheit; Beruf; Bewusstseinsbildung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Schulleistung
Abstract	Structural barriers constrain marginalized youths' development of work salience and vocational expectations. Sociopolitical development (SPD), the consciousness of, and motivation to reduce, sociopolitical inequality, may facilitate the negotiation of structural constraints. A structural model of SPD's impact on work salience and vocational expectations was proposed and its generalizability tested among samples of low-socioeconomic-status African American, Latin American, and Asian American youth, with Educational Longitudinal Study data. Measurement and temporal invariance of these constructs was first established before testing the proposed model across the samples. Across the three samples, 10th-grade SPD had significant effects on 10-grade work salience and vocational expectations; 12th-grade SPD had a significant effect on 12th-grade work salience. Tenth-grade SPD had significant indirect effects on 12th-grade work salience and on 12th-grade vocational expectations for all three samples. These results suggest that SPD facilitates the agentic negotiation of constraints on the development of work salience and vocational expectations. Given the impact of adolescent career development on adult occupational attainment, SPD may also foster social mobility among youth constrained by an inequitable opportunity structure. (Contains 5 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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