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The influence of family context on life, educational and occupational ideal among middle school students in China
Author(s) -
Yao Benxian,
Zhang Ling,
Zhen Rui,
Zhou Xiao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.75
H-Index - 62
eISSN - 1464-066X
pISSN - 0020-7594
DOI - 10.1002/ijop.12145
Subject(s) - psychology , context (archaeology) , socioeconomic status , association (psychology) , developmental psychology , occupational prestige , social psychology , family life , china , demography , sociology , gender studies , population , geography , archaeology , psychotherapist
This study examined the relationship between family context of middle school students on their educational and occupational ideals. Middle school students ( N = 2000) responded to questions assessing family location, family structure, parental educational level and family economic status, as well as to the Middle School Students' Ideals Questionnaire. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated that life, educational and occupational ideals of female students and students in lower grades were higher than that of male students and students in higher grades. Regression analysis indicated that paternal education level have a positive association with educational and occupational ideals, but not life ideals, and family economic status have a positive relation to life ideals, but not educational and occupational ideals. Moreover, the interaction between family economic status and family location has a negative association with students' life, educational and occupational ideals. These results suggest that different factors predicted different ideals of adolescents, and that family economic status had a negative moderating effect on the relationship between family location and ideals of students.