SIBLING AND ENVIRONMENTAL CORRELATES OF ADOLESCENTS ASPIRATIONS - FAMILY GROUP-DIFFERENCES

Relationships were examined between sibling variables, perceptions of learning environments and aspirations for Australian adolescents from family contexts defined conjointly by human and social capital. Genera lly, the findings using a regression approach indicated that sibling v ariables continued to have significant and often complex associations with adolescents' aspirations after taking into account relationships between perceptions of learning environments and aspirations. Also, re lationships between sibling variables, perceptions of learning environ ments and aspirations, varied for adolescents from the different famil y contexts.