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- Gustafson, Sigrid B., et al.
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Aspects of the development of a career versus homemaking orientation among females : the longitudinal influence of educational motivation and peers
- 1989
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In: Journal of research on adolescence. - : Informa UK Limited. - 1050-8392 .- 1532-7795. ; 2:3, s. 241-259
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- In this article, we propose that, among females, high educational motivation in adolescence is related to a young adult orientation toward career whereas low educational motivation in adolescence is related to a young adult orientation toward homemaking. It is further hypothesized that, particularly for adolescents with low educational motivation, initial orientation is affected by the differential influences of nonconventional peer types: older peers, younger peers, working peers, or a steady boyfriend. Subjects (N = 450) from a Swedish longitudinal study were chosen on the basis of their peer networks at age 15. The results demonstrate (a) that educational motivation at age 15 comprised a valid indicator of career versus homemaking orientation at age 26, and (b) that, with respect to the young adult outcomes, adolescents with low educational motivation are more susceptible to the hypothesized nonconventional peer influences than are their counterparts with high educational motivation. Discussion emphasizes the value of a longitudinal perspective and of specifying conditions under which differential patterns of development might be observed.
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- Stattin, Håkan, 1951-, et al.
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Peer influences on adolescent drinking : a social transition perspective
- 1989
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In: Journal of Early Adolescence. - : SAGE Publications. - 0272-4316 .- 1552-5449. ; 9:3, s. 227-246
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Using a longitudinal sample of Swedish midadolescents, variations from the normal transition into regular drinking habits were proposed to be linked to particular types of peer relationships. The interpersonal ecology for variations from the age-normative patterns was assumed to be the association with younger, older, or full-time working peers. As predicted, analyses for midadolescent males and females (N = 1,012) at age 14 years showed that having younger peers as friends was related to a lower prevalence of and less frequent drunkenness in midadolescence as compared to having only same-age peers as friends. Similar results were evident for association with older or with working peers. The differential impact of peers, which was evident at the age of 14 years, was still significant 17 months later but not at the age of 26 years. Discussion emphasized the need to assess differential influences on timing in the transitions in social behavior in adolescence.
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