title: Adolescents' thoughts about parents' jobs and their importance for adolescents' future orientation.
abstract: The current study examined the relation between adolescents' perceptions of their parents' jobs and their future orientation, and tested the role of parental support. Four hundred and fifteen ninth through twelfth graders were surveyed about their parents' job rewards, self-direction, and stressors, as well as their expectations for employment and education prospects. Results indicate that perceptions of parents' rewards, self-direction, and stress predict how positively or negatively adolescents perceive the future to be. Results also suggest that higher levels of parental support may weaken the association between perceptions and future orientation when adolescents perceive their parents experience unfavorable conditions at work. These results suggest that adolescents' perceptions of parents' jobs have implications for their preparation for adulthood.
authors.affiliation: National Poverty Center, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA. nicolepg@umich.edu
authors.forename: Nicole Gardner
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Neblett
authors.forename: Kai Schnabel
authors.initials: KS
authors.lastname: Cortina
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001240:Aspirations, Psychological; D001290:Attitude; D004651:Employment; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010287:Parent-Child Relations; D010290:Parents; D012923:Social Class; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013850:Thinking