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. 2022 Mar 9;4(1):32–41. doi: 10.1089/aut.2020.0061

Table 2.

Agreement and Expectation Ratings in Postsecondary Education, Employment, and Living Situation

Code Description Postsecondary education, n (%) Employment, n (%) Living situation, n (%)
Strongly disagree Statements are in direct opposition of one another 6 (13.0) 6 (13.0) 3 (6.5)
Partly disagree Statements do not align with parts of the other person's vision, but some parts do align. Includes statements questioning if the main vision of the other is possible and/or listing concerns 11 (23.9) 8 (17.4) 14 (30.4)
Neither agree nor disagree Statements reflecting visions that could both turn out (i.e., not agreeing but not in opposition); complementary 3 (6.5) 7 (15.2) 9 (19.6)
Partly agree Agreeing about the majority or main visions but not exactly matching; questioning smaller aspects of the vision 11 (23.9) 17 (37.0) 12 (26.1)
Strongly agree Very closely aligned visions 11 (23.9) 5 (10.9) 5 (10.9)
Parent's expectation is higher Parent expects adolescent to be more independent as an adult than adolescent expects, and/or youth identified doubts about the outcome 3 (6.5) 1 (2.2) 5 (10.9)
Neither expectation is higher Neither expectation is higher 19 (41.3) 21 (45.7) 18 (39.1)
Adolescent's expectation is higher Adolescent expects to be more independent as an adult than parent expects, and/or parent identified doubts about the outcome 20 (43.5) 21 (45.7) 20 (43.5)
Missing Interview data were not codable 4 (8.7) 3 (6.5) 3 (6.5)