The Influence of Individual, Peer, and Family Factors on the Educational Aspirations of Adolescents in Rural China

Autor/inn/en	Chen, Xiaodi; Allen, Jennifer L.; Hesketh, Therese
Titel	The Influence of Individual, Peer, and Family Factors on the Educational Aspirations of Adolescents in Rural China
Quelle	In: Social Psychology of Education: An International Journal, 26 (2023) 3, S.735-759 (25 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hesketh, Therese)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1381-2890
DOI	10.1007/s11218-023-09765-3
Schlagwörter	Rural Areas; Academic Aspiration; Metacognition; Self Concept; Systems Approach; Outcomes of Education; Foreign Countries; Peer Relationship; Parent Child Relationship; Socioeconomic Status; Academic Achievement; Social Cognition; Individual Characteristics; Goal Orientation; Peer Influence; Parent Influence; Intervention; Adolescents; Asia; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Meta cognitive ability; Meta-cognition; Metakognitive Fähigkeit; Metakognition; Selbstkonzept; Systemischer Ansatz; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Ausland; Peer-Beziehungen; Parents-child relationship; Parent-child-relation; Parent-child relationship; Eltern-Kind-Beziehung; Socio-economic status; Sozioökonomischer Status; Schulleistung; Soziale Kognition; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Asien
Abstract	Educational aspirations are an important predictor of academic outcomes. While there has been considerable research on educational aspirations in the West, there has been little research in East Asia, and the investigation of factors influencing adolescent aspirations has been neglected, particularly in rural areas. Drawing on ecological systems theory and social cognitive career theory, this study investigated the associations between educational aspirations and factors at the individual, peer, and family levels among rural Chinese adolescents. A total of 606 students (M[subscript age] = 14.85 years; 50% boys) from a rural town in Central China completed questionnaires assessing their educational aspirations, individual factors (academic performance, academic self-perception, academic self-regulation, attitudes toward teachers, and goal valuation), and contextual factors (family socioeconomic status, parent and peer relationship quality, and parental and close friends' aspirations). Individual factors and aspirations of others had significant direct effects on adolescents' educational aspirations, while parent and peer attachments were significantly related to educational aspirations via individual factors. Family socioeconomic status was not significantly related to adolescents' educational aspirations. The findings highlight the importance of individual factors as mechanisms explaining the link between contextual factors and rural Chinese adolescents' educational aspirations. Our results suggest that interventions can be designed to increase and maintain the aspirations of rural Chinese youth by targeting multiple domains of influence. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01