Chadwick B A, Albrecht S L
Department of Sociology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah 84602.
Adolescence. 1989 Fall;24(95):523-40.
This paper reports a study of educational and occupational aspirations of secondary school students in Grenada following the 1983 American intervention. Questionnaire data were obtained from 729 students attending 7 of the island's 18 secondary schools. A status attainment model containing parental and family characteristics was tested. It was discovered that Grenadian students have exceptionally and unrealistically high aspirations. Although the opportunity structure in Grenada is very limited compared to that in the United States, the island's students have higher levels of aspirations. The status attainment model was not very useful in explaining either educational or occupational aspirations, as the levels of explained variance were less than 5%. The implications of high aspirations and low opportunities for the future of Grenada are discussed.
本文报道了一项关于1983年美国干预后格林纳达中学生教育和职业抱负的研究。问卷数据来自该岛18所中学中的7所学校的729名学生。对一个包含父母和家庭特征的地位获得模型进行了测试。研究发现，格林纳达学生有着异常且不切实际的高抱负。尽管与美国相比，格林纳达的机会结构非常有限，但该岛学生的抱负水平却更高。地位获得模型在解释教育或职业抱负方面并不是很有用，因为解释方差的水平不到5%。文中讨论了高抱负和低机会对格林纳达未来的影响。
