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Career Self‐Efficacy and Perceptions of Parent Support in Adolescent Career Development
Author(s) -
Turner Sherri,
Lapan Richard T.
Publication year - 2002
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.2161-0045.2002.tb00591.x
Subject(s) - vocational education , social cognitive theory , psychology , self efficacy , career development , perception , social psychology , variance (accounting) , theme (computing) , career planning , social support , developmental psychology , pedagogy , accounting , neuroscience , computer science , business , operating system
The authors examined the relative contributions of both proximal and distal supports to the career interests and vocational self‐efficacy in a multiethnic sample ( N = 139) of middle school adolescents. Consistent with Social Cognitive Career Theory, it was found that (a) vocational self‐efficacy and career planning/exploration efficacy consistently predicted young adolescents' career interests across Holland (J. L. Holland, D. R. Whitney, N. S. Cole, & J. M. Richards, 1969) themes; (b) gender and career gender‐typing predicted interests in Realistic, Investigative, and Social careers; and (c) perceived parent support accounted for 29% to 43% of the total unique variance in vocational self‐efficacy for all Holland theme careers.