Life Goals and Attributions for Expected Outcomes among Adolescents from Five Ethnic Groups.

Phinney, Jean S.; Baumann, Kathleen; Blanton, Shanika

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ERIC Number: EJ656364

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Publication Date: 2001

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Life Goals and Attributions for Expected Outcomes among Adolescents from Five Ethnic Groups.

Phinney, Jean S.; Baumann, Kathleen; Blanton, Shanika

Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, v23 n4 p363-77 Nov 2001

Surveys of 371 European American, African American, Mexican American, Vietnamese American, and Armenian American adolescents in ethnically diverse high schools in Los Angeles found that most adolescents set high goals for the future and expected to reach them. Compared to European American adolescents, minority group adolescents attributed outcomes more to effort and less to ability. (Contains 22 references.) (Author/SV)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Aspiration, Differences, Ethnic Groups, Ethnicity, Expectation, High School Students, Locus of Control, Self Efficacy, Student Attitudes, Student Surveys

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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Note: Research supported by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences, grant #S06-GM-08101.