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ETHNICITY, ABILITY, ASPIRATIONS AND SOCIAL STATUS ATTAINMENT
Author(s) -
Marjoribanks Kevin
Publication year - 1989
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 - 10.1080/00207594.1989.10600030
Subject(s) - ethnic group , psychology , educational attainment , status attainment , developmental psychology , demography , multilevel model , young adult , longitudinal study , socioeconomic status , sociology , population , medicine , pathology , machine learning , anthropology , computer science , economics , economic growth
In this study longitudinal data were used to examine relationships among children's intellectual ability, adolescents' aspirations and young adults' social‐status attainment. The sample included 21‐year‐old Australians from Anglo‐Australian, Greek and Southern Italian families. Regression surfaces were constructed from hierarchical models that examined possible linear, interaction and curvilinear associations among the variables. Typically, the findings indicated that in each ethnic group adolescents' aspirations had moderate to strong associations with status attainment. For Anglo‐Australian and Greek young adults the relationships between ability and attainment were, in general, mediated by adolescents' aspirations. In contrast, for Southern Italians, ability continued to be associated with the educational and occupational attainment of the young adults.