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Article

Department

Educational Studies (CGU)

Publication Date

5-1-1972

Disciplines

Education

Abstract

Two significant sociological theories which have been invoked in research about undergraduate aspirations are tested. The data, based on a national sample of students, contain some key measurements which had been missing from previous studies as well as a series of additional control variables. In general, relative-deprivation theory receives strong support; environmental-press theory receives equivocal support. However, the results vary as a function of the particular kind of aspiration under consideration. These findings support the contention that a complete theoretical model should allow for the simultaneous operation of both theories in a complex pattern rather than forcing a choice between the two.

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Previously linked to as: http://ccdl.libraries.claremont.edu/u?/irw,396.

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