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Anglo‐American and Mexican American University Students' Estimation of Value Placed on Higher Educational Attainments by Significant Persons in Their Lives
Author(s) -
Valencia Atilano A.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
journal of multicultural counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.545
H-Index - 42
eISSN - 2161-1912
pISSN - 0883-8534
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1912.1997.tb00348.x
Subject(s) - value (mathematics) , psychology , perception , higher education , estimation , mathematics education , social psychology , statistics , economic growth , management , mathematics , neuroscience , economics
This study was designed to determine the degree of value that academically successful university 4th‐year students from 2 cultural populations in American society place on higher educational attainments, such as the baccalaureate degree, and to yield information on the value that their parents and 4 other significant persons in their lives place on higher educational attainments based on the students' own perceptions and estimations.