Aspirations (Psychology) - Research News and Information

Thursday, January 08, 2009

Young Australian women's aspirations for work, marriage and family: I guess I am just another person who wants it all'.

29 Jun 2008 Multiple roles remain a reality for women. While there is debate over whether this arises from personal aspirations or social arrangements, it is clear that it results in stress and reductions in emotional well-being. We asked 13 female Australian ... Read more...

Gender variation in developmental trajectories of educational and occupational expectations and attainment from adolescence to adulthood.

29 Jun 2008 Adolescents' future expectations are a potentially important precursor of adult attainment and may illuminate how males and females vary in schooling and work. Thus, this longitudinal study examined gender variation in developmental trajectories of ... Read more...

Power and the objectification of social targets.

29 Jun 2008 Objectification has been defined historically as a process of subjugation whereby people, like objects, are treated as means to an end. The authors hypothesized that objectification is a response to social power that involves approaching useful ... Read more...

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Latest indexed articles for 'Aspirations (Psychology)'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Clinical images: an unusual aspiration. 30 Jul 2008
• Young Australian women's aspirations for work, marriage and family: I guess I am just another person who wants it all'. 29 Jun 2008
• Gender variation in developmental trajectories of educational and occupational expectations and attainment from adolescence to adulthood. 29 Jun 2008
• Power and the objectification of social targets. 29 Jun 2008
• Pride and perseverance: the motivational role of pride. 30 May 2008
• An investigation into the aspirations and experiences of newly appointed dual diagnosis workers. 29 Apr 2008
• Life events as predictors of mania and depression in bipolar I disorder. 29 Apr 2008
• Goal striving within agentic and communal roles: separate but functionally similar pathways to enhanced well-being. 6 Apr 2008
• Mothers' expectations for shared reading after delivery: implications for reading activities at 6 months. 6 Apr 2008
• Reciprocal effects between academic self-concept, self-esteem, achievement, and attainment over seven adolescent years: unidimensional and multidimensional perspectives of self-concept. 30 Mar 2008
• The resilience of migrant workers in Shanghai China: the roles of migration stress and meaning of migration. 28 Feb 2008
• Concern for generativity and its relation to implicit pro-social power motivation, generative goals, and satisfaction with life: a cross-cultural investigation. 30 Jan 2008
• Phenomenological investigation of despair in depression. 9 Jan 2008
• A qualitative study of the experiences and expectations of surgery in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome. 30 Dec 2007
• Could you be more specific, please: self-discrepancies, affect, and variation in specificity and relevance. 29 Nov 2007
• Aspiration and compromise effect. 29 Nov 2007
• [Female and male medical students differences in self-concept and aspirations] 30 Oct 2007
• You've gotta know when to fold 'em: goal disengagement and systemic inflammation in adolescence. 30 Aug 2007
• Rationalizing medicine and the social ambitions of physicians in classical Greece. 28 Aug 2007
• Acute exercise effects on smoking withdrawal symptoms and desire to smoke are not related to expectation. 23 Jul 2007

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Technical information about 'Aspirations (Psychology)'

Definition: Strong desires to accomplish something. This usually pertains to greater values or high ideals.

Descriptor UI: D001240

Alternative terms: Aspirations (Psychology); Aspirations; Aspiration (Psychology);

Tree Number: F01.658.100; F02.784.629.155;

History Note: 75

Technical Notes: no qualif; DF: ASPIRATIONS