The psychodynamics of social mobility in adolescent boys.

"In this paper, a first effort is made… to analyze some of the psychic accompaniments of upward and downward mobility strivings among adolescent boys… by distinguishing varieties of mobility behavior… the mechanisms through which the differing aspirations become established… The findings reveal sharp differences, in the prediction directions, between upward and downward aspiring groups." (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)