Adolescents’ own vocational aspirations and those of parents for their adolescent children play significant roles in adolescents’ development. The present study examined how the (in)congruence between adolescents’ vocational aspirations and their parents’ aspirations for them were associated with adolescents’ academic achievement and test anxiety. The study’s sample included 662 parent-adolescent pairs (adolescent M_age = 14.09), and the aspiration and adjustment data were collected at intervals 3 years apart. Using polynomial regression analyses and surface graphs, parent-child aspiration congruence was found to be significantly associated with later academic achievement and test anxiety, but incongruence did not show any significant relationship with either outcome. Such patterns were more prominent among boys (n = 306) than girls and among high socioeconomic status (SES) adolescents (n = 324) than among low SES adolescents. The findings suggest that academic adjustment is more predictable when there is parent-child congruence than when there is incongruence in aspirations.

青少年自身的职业抱负以及父母对其青少年子女的抱负在青少年的发展中发挥着重要作用。本研究探讨了青少年的职业抱负与其父母对他们的抱负之间的（不）一致性如何与青少年的学业成就和考试焦虑相关联。该研究的样本包括 662 对父母-青少年（青少年M_年龄 = 14.09），并且每隔 3 年收集一次愿望和调整数据。使用多项式回归分析和曲面图，发现亲子愿望一致性与后来的学业成绩和考试焦虑显着相关，但不一致与任一结果均无显着关系。这种模式在男孩 ( n = 306) 中比在女孩中更为突出 ，在高社会经济地位 (SES) 青少年中 ( n  = 324) 比在低 SES 青少年中更为突出。研究结果表明，当亲子一致时，学业调整比在抱负不一致时更容易预测。