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dc.contributor.advisorMartiny, Sarah E.
dc.contributor.authorOlsen, Marte
dc.contributor.authorOlsson, Maria I. T.
dc.contributor.authorParks-Stamm, Elizabeth J.
dc.contributor.authorKvalø, Marie
dc.contributor.authorThorsteinsen, Kjærsti
dc.contributor.authorSteffens, Melanie C.
dc.contributor.authorMartiny, Sarah E.
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-30T04:50:05Z
dc.date.available2023-03-30T04:50:05Z
dc.date.issued2022-03-30en
dc.description.abstractResearch investigating occupational aspirations in childhood is scarce. In addition, most research on occupational aspirations has focused on increasing the number of women in agentic, high- paying jobs. Therefore, we investigate factors associated with communal occupational aspirations in two studies with young children (Study 1: 159 children, Mage = 5.51 years; Study 2: 96 children; Mage = 9.44 years). We found that girls aspired more towards communal occupations than boys did among the older, but not the younger, children. When combining the two samples, we found that the more gender stereotypes girls reported, the more they aspired towards communal occupations. In addition, communal self-perceptions mediated the relationship between child gender and occupational aspirations. Lastly, the perceived status of the communal occupations was positively associated with children’s aspirations among older children. Implications for theoretical models of the development of occupational aspirations and early interventions to reduce occupational gender segregation are discussed.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10037/28886
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherUiT Norges arktiske universitetno
dc.publisherUiT The Arctic University of Norwayen
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2022 The Author(s)
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0en_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)en_US
dc.subject.courseIDPSY-3031
dc.subjectVDP::Samfunnsvitenskap: 200::Psykologi: 260en_US
dc.subjectVDP::Social science: 200::Psychology: 260en_US
dc.titleWhat Do I Want to Be? Predictors of Communal Occupational Aspirations in Early to Middle Childhooden_US
dc.typeMastergradsoppgaveno
dc.typeMaster thesisen


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