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Self‐Efficacy, Perceptions of Barriers, Vocational Identity, and the Career Exploration Behavior of Latino/a High School Students
Author(s) -
Gushue George V.,
Clarke Christine P.,
Pantzer Karen M.,
Scanlan Kolone R. L.
Publication year - 2006
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.2161-0045.2006.tb00196.x
Subject(s) - vocational education , identity (music) , psychology , perception , career counseling , self efficacy , social cognitive theory , social psychology , sample (material) , applied psychology , pedagogy , chemistry , physics , chromatography , neuroscience , acoustics
This study explored the potential relationship between the social cognitive variables of career decision‐making self‐efficacy and perceptions of barriers and the outcome variables of vocational identity and career exploration behaviors in a sample of 128 urban Latino/a high school students. The results indicated that higher levels of career decision‐making self‐efficacy were related to both a more differentiated vocational identity and a greater engagement with career exploration tasks. Perception of fewer barriers was also found to be related to a more integrated vocational identity. Implications for career counseling and future research are discussed.