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Leisure, School, and Work Activity Preferences and Their Role in Vocational Identity Development
Author(s) -
Vondracek Fred W.,
Skorikov Vladimir B.
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
the career development quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.846
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 2161-0045
pISSN - 0889-4019
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-0045.1997.tb00537.x
Subject(s) - vocational education , identity (music) , work (physics) , leisure activity , leisure time , psychology , sociology , social psychology , physical activity , pedagogy , aesthetics , engineering , art , medicine , mechanical engineering , physical medicine and rehabilitation
Elements of an expanded construct of adolescent vocational identity were examined in terms of their interrelationships with each other, as well as relationships with preferences among leisure, school, and work activities, engagement in those activities, and identity status. Investigating a sample of 660 7th through 12th graders, we found that vocational interests, occupational self‐efficacy, and occupational prestige were closely associated with each other, with school and leisure interests, and with actual engagement in corresponding (exploratory) activities. We also found that adolescents did not draw significant distinctions between leisure, school, and work activities. The role of school and vocational exploration in adolescents' self‐chosen vocational identity is discussed.