Effect of differential college experiences in developing the students' self- and occupational concepts
Edwards K.J.; Tuckman B.W.
1972
Journal of Educational Psychology
2
10.1037/h0034063
Compared the self-concept, social role, and occupational identification of 68 university liberal arts students to those of 3 groups of community college students (n = 127) before and after 2 yr. of college experience. Multivariate and univariate analyses of variance and discriminant analysis revealed that the community college groups initially had lower self-esteem and identified with lower status occupations (p < .05) than the university liberal arts group. 2 yr. later, the differences in self-esteem did not exist, the community college liberal arts Ss identified with higher status occupations, and the technical and business Ss identified more closely with their respective occupations. Within-group change in terms of occupations with which the Ss most closely identified was evident in the community college liberal arts and business groups (initial-final rank-order correlations of .66 and .50, respectively); and rank order of occupational identification for the technical and university liberal arts groups was quite stable (initial-final rank-order correlations within groups of .88 and .89, respectively). (17 ref.) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2006 APA, all rights reserved). © 1972 American Psychological Association.
differential college experiences, self concept &; occupational concepts, university vs. community college students
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