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Directionality of the associations of high school expectancy-value, aspirations, and attainment : A longitudinal study
Guo, Jiesi Marsh, Herbert W. Morin, Alexandre J. S. Parker, Philip D. Kaur, Gurvinder
Guo, Jiesi
Marsh, Herbert W.
Morin, Alexandre J. S.
Parker, Philip D.
Kaur, Gurvinder
Abstract
This study examines the directionality of the associations among cognitive assets (IQ, academic achievement), motivational beliefs (academic self-concept, task values), and educational and occupational aspirations over time from late adolescence (Grade 10) into early adulthood (5 years post high school). Participants were from a nationally representative sample of U.S. boys N = 2,213. The results suggest that (a) self-concept and intrinsic value have reciprocal effects with academic achievement and predict educational attainment, (b) self-concept is consistently found to predict occupational aspirations, (c) the associations between achievement and aspirations are partially mediated by motivational beliefs, and (d) academic self-concept in high school had stronger long-term indirect effects on future occupational aspirations and educational attainment than task values and IQ.
Keywords
educational and occupational aspiration, educational attainment, expectancy-value, self-concept, transition in adulthood
Date
2015
Type
Journal article
Journal
American Educational Research Journal
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Volume
52
Issue
2
Page Range
371-402
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ACU Department
Institute for Positive Psychology and Education
Faculty of Education and Arts
Faculty of Education and Arts
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Published as green open access
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Open
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Controlled
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This record includes an accepted manuscript. Guo, Jiesi, Marsh, Herbert W., Morin, Alexandre J. S., Parker, Philip D., & Kaur, Gurvinder, Directionality of the Associations of High School Expectancy-Value, Aspirations, and Attainment: A Longitudinal Study, American Educational Research Journal (vol. 52, issue 2), pp. 371-402. Copyright ©2015 (AERA ). Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. DOI: 10.3102/0002831214565786