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High Hopes? Educational, Socioeconomic, and Ethnic Differences in Parents’ Aspirations for their Unborn Children

Auteurs: Elaine Reese, Elizabeth R. Peterson, Karen Waldie, Johanna Schmidt, Dinusha Bandara, Polly Atatoa Carr, Cameron Grant, Jan Pryor, Susan M.B. Morton

Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies | Uitgave 12/2016

Abstract

Parents’ aspirations shape children’s development. In this study, over 6700 pregnant women and over 4300 of their partners from the Growing Up in New Zealand cohort responded to a question about their hopes, dreams, and expectations for their unborn children. Responses were coded according to a Maslowian hierarchy of needs. Mothers and their partners predominantly mentioned self-actualization and physiological aspirations for their unborn children, but their responses varied as a function of parental ethnicity and level of educational achievement and less so as a function of socioeconomic status. Mothers of European ethnicity, and parents with higher levels of educational achievement, mentioned more aspirations for their children—especially for self-actualization and belonging—than mothers of non-European ethnicity and parents with lower levels of educational achievement. These findings are discussed with respect to Maslowian theory and cultural developmental theories, and in terms of understanding the aspirations of parents from diverse backgrounds.

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Titel: High Hopes? Educational, Socioeconomic, and Ethnic Differences in Parents’ Aspirations for their Unborn Children
Auteurs: Elaine Reese
Elizabeth R. Peterson
Karen Waldie
Johanna Schmidt
Dinusha Bandara
Polly Atatoa Carr
Cameron Grant
Jan Pryor
Susan M.B. Morton
Publicatiedatum: 12-09-2016
Uitgeverij: Springer US
Gepubliceerd in: Journal of Child and Family Studies / Uitgave 12/2016
Print ISSN: 1062-1024
Elektronisch ISSN: 1573-2843
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0521-7

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