Perceived barriers and postsecondary plans in Mexican American and White adolescents
Abstract
The authors examined perceived internal and external barriers to postsecondary educational plans among 140 Mexican American and 296 White high school students, attending to sex, socioeconomic, ethnic differences. Parent education was associated with educational plans. Girls anticipated encountering more barriers associated with financing postsecondary education than their male counterparts. Mexican American students anticipated encountering more postsecondary education barriers associated with ability, preparation, motivation, support, and separation, and expected those barriers to be more difficult to overcome, than their White counterparts. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
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The Summer Health Professions Education Program Career Barriers Survey is an adapted version of the 24-item Perceived Barriers to Education and Career of McWhirter et al.
“This survey is an adapted version of the 24-item Perceived Barriers to Education and Career of McWhirter et al.30”
From Perceived Success After Participation in the Summer Health Professions Education Program (2024) · cites this paper as [30]
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Xirau-Probert, P., Lai, T., Black, E., Fanfan, D., Blue, A., Rush, C. C., Powers, R., & Stacciarini, J.-M. R. (2024) · JAMA Network Open · doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.52440 · Cited by 8 · see citing works
- Authors
- McWhirter, E. H., Torres, D. M., Salgado, S., & Valdez, M.
- Affiliations
- University of Oregon (US)
- Lewis & Clark College (US)
- Corresponding author
- McWhirter, Ellen Hawley
- Venue
- Journal of Career Assessment
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2007-02
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 119-138
- ISSN
- 1069-0727 (ISSN-L)
- 1552-4590
- OpenAlex
- W2052052995
- Cited by
- 106
- References
- 2
- Citations by year
- 2026: 2 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 2 · 2023: 2 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 7 · 2019: 10 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 5 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 5 · 2013: 11 · 2012: 8
- FWCI
- 9.13
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Career Assessment (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Career Development and Diversity
- Social Sciences › Education › Higher Education Research Studies
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Disability Education and Employment
- Keywords
- perceived barriers, Mexican American adolescents, White adolescents, ethnic differences, gender differences, socioeconomic status, parent education, college financing, educational aspirations, high school students
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