ABSTRACT

Applying path analysis to 237 secondary school students and 320 post-secondary students in Singapore, parents’ education was found to have important effects on adolescents’ educational aspiration as mediated through educational track and adolescents’ financial stress and self-esteem. This effect is strong for adolescents in both secondary and post-secondary education, with slight differences in the specific psychological process. The findings imply calibration of education towards parity and psychosocial interventions to improve adolescents’ self-concepts, coping and aspirations. However, in the context of fast economic transformation, a burgeoning middle class, a differentiated education system, and high-income inequality, policy and psychosocial interventions will have limited effectiveness without addressing labour market disparities and the social stigma of vocational and technical education.

抽象的

通过对新加坡的237名中学生和320名大专学生进行路径分析，发现父母的教育对青少年的教育志向有重要影响，这是通过教育轨迹，青少年的财务压力和自尊心来介导的。对于中学和专上教育的青少年来说，这种效果很明显，在具体的心理过程上略有不同。研究结果表明，对教育进行校准，以实现均等和社会心理干预，以改善青少年的自我概念，应对和抱负。但是，在快速的经济转型背景下，中产阶级迅速崛起，差别化的教育体系以及高收入不平等现象，