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Title: Early Adolescents' Attitudes towards and Interest in Care-Oriented HEED Professions: Gender Differences and Associations with Academic Achievement
Language: English
Authors: Anne J. Maheux (ORCID 0000-0003-1308-5798)
Source: Journal of Adolescence. 2025 97(7):1978-1990.
Availability: Wiley. Available from: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030. Tel: 800-835-6770; e-mail: cs-journals@wiley.com; Web site: https://www.wiley.com/en-us
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
Publication Date: 2025
Sponsoring Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF), Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)
Contract Number: 1940700
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Education Level: Early Childhood Education
Descriptors: Early Adolescents, Vocational Interests, Allied Health Occupations, Early Childhood Education, Service Occupations, Value Judgment, Student Attitudes, Sex Stereotypes, Gender Differences, Racial Differences, Ethnicity, Grade Point Average, Intellectual Disciplines
DOI: 10.1002/jad.70017
ISSN: 0140-1971
1095-9254
Abstract: Introduction: Healthcare, early education, and domestic (HEED) fields refer to feminine-typed care-oriented workforce domains. HEED fields remain dominated by women, yet this disparity and its developmental antecedents are often overlooked. This study investigated factors associated with early adolescents' interest in HEED professions. Methods: US early adolescent participants (n = 1707; M[subscript age] = 12.29; 46% girls, 44% boys, 9.5% another gender identity; 36% Latine, 31% White, 21% Black, 6% Asian/Pacific Islander, 7% multiracial/another race/ethnicity) completed surveys in January and March 2021. Participants indicated their perceived value of HEED and masculine-typed jobs (i.e., how much money people in these jobs should make), interest in these jobs, and fear of negative evaluation. Schools reported STEM and English/Social Studies GPA. Hypotheses were preregistered. Results: Participants believed that masculine-typed jobs are more valuable than HEED jobs but reported more interest in HEED jobs. Girls (vs. boys) and Asian/Pacific Islander and Black youth (vs. White youth) reported greater interest in HEED careers. Greater perceived value of HEED careers, higher fear of negative evaluation, and lower STEM (but not English/Social Studies) GPA were associated with greater HEED career interest cross-sectionally. Only perceived value of HEED careers and identifying as a girl were associated with HEED career interest in the short-term longitudinal analyses, controlling for baseline levels. Moreover, longitudinal analyses suggested bidirectional associations between HEED career interest and value over time. Conclusion: Results highlight that both demographic and psychosocial factors among early adolescents may shape later disparities in HEED fields.
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  Data: Introduction: Healthcare, early education, and domestic (HEED) fields refer to feminine-typed care-oriented workforce domains. HEED fields remain dominated by women, yet this disparity and its developmental antecedents are often overlooked. This study investigated factors associated with early adolescents' interest in HEED professions. Methods: US early adolescent participants (n = 1707; M[subscript age] = 12.29; 46% girls, 44% boys, 9.5% another gender identity; 36% Latine, 31% White, 21% Black, 6% Asian/Pacific Islander, 7% multiracial/another race/ethnicity) completed surveys in January and March 2021. Participants indicated their perceived value of HEED and masculine-typed jobs (i.e., how much money people in these jobs should make), interest in these jobs, and fear of negative evaluation. Schools reported STEM and English/Social Studies GPA. Hypotheses were preregistered. Results: Participants believed that masculine-typed jobs are more valuable than HEED jobs but reported more interest in HEED jobs. Girls (vs. boys) and Asian/Pacific Islander and Black youth (vs. White youth) reported greater interest in HEED careers. Greater perceived value of HEED careers, higher fear of negative evaluation, and lower STEM (but not English/Social Studies) GPA were associated with greater HEED career interest cross-sectionally. Only perceived value of HEED careers and identifying as a girl were associated with HEED career interest in the short-term longitudinal analyses, controlling for baseline levels. Moreover, longitudinal analyses suggested bidirectional associations between HEED career interest and value over time. Conclusion: Results highlight that both demographic and psychosocial factors among early adolescents may shape later disparities in HEED fields.
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