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Sex and Ethnic Differences in the Perception of Educational and Career‐Related Barriers and Levels of Coping Efficacy
Author(s) -
Luzzo Darrell Anthony,
McWhirter Ellen Hawley
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6676.2001.tb01944.x
Subject(s) - ethnic group , coping (psychology) , perception , psychology , self efficacy , clinical psychology , career counseling , social psychology , applied psychology , political science , neuroscience , law
Participants (168 female and 118 male undergraduate students) completed a brief questionnaire, a measure of perceived educational and career‐related barriers, and a measure of coping efficacy. As expected, women and ethnic minorities anticipated significantly more career‐related barriers than did men and European American students, respectively. Ethnic minorities also exhibited more perceived educational barriers and lower self‐efficacy for coping with perceived career‐related barriers relative to their European American counterparts. Findings are discussed in terms of their theoretical implications and practical career counseling applications.