The Development and Correlates of Academic Interests from Childhood through Adolescence

Autor/inn/en	Dotterer, Aryn M.; McHale, Susan M.; Crouter, Ann C.
Titel	The Development and Correlates of Academic Interests from Childhood through Adolescence
Quelle	In: Journal of Educational Psychology, 101 (2009) 2, S.509-519 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0663
DOI	10.1037/a0013987
Schlagwörter	Siblings; Mothers; Student Interests; Late Adolescents; Children; Academic Aspiration; Fathers; High Schools; Motivation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sibling; Geschwister; Mother; Mutter; Studieninteresse; Halbstarker; Child; Kind; Kinder; High school; Oberschule; psychologische; Motivation (psychologisch)
Abstract	Study goals were to assess: (a) the development of academic interests from middle childhood through late adolescence; (b) the degree to which junior high and high school transitions, parents' educational expectations, interests, and education were related to changes in academic interests; and (c) the longitudinal links between youths' academic interests and school grades. Participants were mothers, fathers, and 2 siblings from 201 White working-class and middle-class families who were interviewed in their homes on up to 9 annual occasions. Multilevel model analyses revealed overall declines in youths' interests over time, with boys showing more rapid decline than girls. Mothers' educational expectations were positively related to youths' interests, and youths' interests declined less when fathers had more education. The transition to junior high, but not high school, was linked to decline in interests, but this was buffered by mothers' academic interests. Declines in youths' academic interests were linked to declines in school grades. (Contains 4 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10