title: Children's estimates of their parents' job satisfaction.
abstract: 319 3rd and 5th grade children were asked to rate their parents' job satisfaction. These ratings were compared to parents' self-reports of job satisfaction. Older children were more accurate in their estimates. Girls were more accurate in rating their mothers, while boys were more accurate in rating fathers. Children who perceived their parents as satisfied with their jobs were more likely to aspire to their parents' occupations than those who rated their parents less satisfied.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, VA 24401.
authors.forename: A D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Trice
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tillapaugh
mesh_terms: D002321:Career Choice; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010553:Personality Development