Career-marriage orientations in college youth: An analysis of perceived personal consequences and normative pressures
- 1 October 1980
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in Journal of Youth and Adolescence
- Vol. 9 (5) , 419-437
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02087679
Abstract
The present research was designed to examine factors associated with career and marriage orientations in male and female college students. The first phase of the research identified qualitatively different factors associated with variations in life structure. Respondents completed an open-ended questionnaire which elicited the perceived consequences and normative pressures concerning three life structure alternatives: (a) emphasizing career, (b) emphasizing marriage, and (c) placing equal emphasis on career and mariage. A set of 24 concerns was identified, and sex differences on several of these dimensions were noted. In general, the data were consistent with previous analyses of value structures in adults. The second phase of the research used a quantitative approach to examine the three life structure alternatives. Males and females did not differ in the relative emphasis they intended to give to career and marriage. However, sex differences in the perceived consequences of the life structure alternatives were noted.Keywords
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