title: The influence of family context on life, educational and occupational ideal among middle school students in China.
abstract: This study examined the relationship between family context of middle school students on their educational and occupational ideals. Middle school students (N = 2000) responded to questions assessing family location, family structure, parental educational level and family economic status, as well as to the Middle School Students' Ideals Questionnaire. Multivariate analysis of variance indicated that life, educational and occupational ideals of female students and students in lower grades were higher than that of male students and students in higher grades. Regression analysis indicated that paternal education level have a positive association with educational and occupational ideals, but not life ideals, and family economic status have a positive relation to life ideals, but not educational and occupational ideals. Moreover, the interaction between family economic status and family location has a negative association with students' life, educational and occupational ideals. These results suggest that different factors predicted different ideals of adolescents, and that family economic status had a negative moderating effect on the relationship between family location and ideals of students.
authors: College of Educational Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China.
authors: Benxian
authors: B
authors: Yao
authors: College of Educational Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China.
authors: Ling
authors: L
authors: Zhang
authors: College of Educational Science, Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China.
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Zhen
authors: School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.
authors: Xiao
authors: X
authors: Zhou
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D044466:Asian People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002681:China; D004522:Educational Status; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009790:Occupations; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Family context; Ideals; Middle school students