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AnnotatedBibliography: Why Pursuing Aspirations is Important
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Bespalov, A., Prudnikova, M., Nyamdorj, B., & Vlasov, M. (2017). Life aspirations, values, and moral foundations in Mongolian youth. Journal of Moral Education, 46(3), 258–271.
https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2017.1347087
The study primarily focuses on the importance of both intrinsic and extrinsic aspirations. Also, the study aimed at highlighting how aspirations can affect values and moral aspirations. It involved 157 participants who were all youths. They collected data from participants using questionnaires. The analyses of collected data were done using correlations and mean differences. The results show those youths pursuing intrinsic aspirations bolstered self-transcendent values such as caring and unselfishness. On the other hand, pursuing extrinsic aspirations strengthened self-enhancement values such as loyalty. The study’s reliability lies in its use of questionnaires to collect data. Questionnaires allow researchers to collect data from a large sample size. The study’s findings will be used to show the importance of pursuing aspirations.
Dimitrova, R., Ferrer-Wreder, L., & Ahlen, J. (2018). School climate, academic achievement and educational aspirations in Roma minority and Bulgarian majority adolescents. Child & Youth Care Forum, 47(5), 645–658.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-018-9451-4
The authors’ main point is that school climate determines disadvantaged groups’ educational attainment and aspirations. The research study was cross-sectional and involved 356 adolescents between the ages of 11 and 19, 332 mothers, 231 fathers, and 221 majority teachers. The students provided data on their educational aspirations; the parents reported on their children’s educational goals while the teachers reported on the school environment. Data analysis was done using linear mixed models. The results showed a weak correlation between parents’ and children’s academic aspirations and achievement and the school environment among the Roma adolescents. On the contrary, school climate promoted the educational aspirations of adolescents from majority groups. The study is reliable because of its large sample size and statistical evidence. It will be useful in showing how one’s climate can impact individual aspirations.
Gålnander, R. (2019). Desistance from crime—to what? exploring future aspirations and their implications for processes of desistance. Feminist Criminology, 15(3), 255–277.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1557085119879236
The article focuses on crime desisters and postulates that individual aspirations could be affected by class, gender, and age. When criminals desist from crime, they have new aspirations in life that might renew their lives from crimes. The research consisted of 10 women desisting from crime. Data was collected through in-depth interviews to understand the future aspirations of desisters. The results showered that aspirations varied based on gender, class, and age. The study is unreliable because of its limited sample size of 10 participants. In the research topic, the findings will be crucial in explaining the factors that influence personal aspirations in life.
Holding, A. C., St-Jacques, A., Verner-Filion, J., Kachanoff, F., & Koestner, R. (2019). Sacrifice—but at what price? A longitudinal study of young adults’ sacrifice of basic psychological needs in pursuit of career goals. Motivation and Emotion, 44(1), 99–115.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11031-019-09777-7
The authors assert that pursuing aspiration is accompanied by sacrificing psychological needs such as leisure activities. However, sacrificing emotional needs is detrimental to goal success and emotional stability. It was a two, 3-wave prospective longitudinal study. The participants were university students pursuing their career goals in Canada. The researchers recruited through advertisements using posters. Data was collected through surveys. A 12-item shortened version of the Aspirations Index was used to determine innate and external motivations. Data were analyzed using integrative structural equation models. Psychological distress and need frustration were evaluated at the study’s beginning and end. The results showed that sacrificing psychological needs is harmful to emotional wellness. The study is reliable because it uses a high representativeness survey to collect data. The findings will be crucial in helping people pursue their aspirations while balancing their psychological needs and goals.
Puzić, S., Šabić, J., & Odak, I. (2021). Vocational school students’ aspirations for higher education and selected social background characteristics. Czech Sociological Review.
https://doi.org/10.13060/csr.2021.039
The study aims at identifying the factors that determine educational aspirations for higher education. Among the factors identified as affecting educational aspirations for the group include cultural capital, socio-economic status (SES), and relative risk aversion (RRA). The study was done in Croatia and involved 7060 students attending four-year vocational upper secondary school programs. Educational aspiration was the independent variable, while SES, RRA, and cultural capital were the dependent variables. Data were analyzed using a multinomial logistic model with a random intercept. The findings showed that SES, RRA, and cultural capital affected students’ educational aspirations. The study used a large sample size making its findings valid. I will use the article in the research to show factors that can act against or for individual aspirations.
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