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Fostering Financial Independence Self‐Efficacy in AFDC Recipients Participating in a Vocational Training Program
Author(s) -
HOUSER RICK,
D'AIMDREA MICHAEL,
DANIELS JUDY
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
journal of employment counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.252
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 2161-1920
pISSN - 0022-0787
DOI - 10.1002/j.2161-1920.1992.tb00164.x
Subject(s) - psychology , independence (probability theory) , vocational education , self efficacy , financial independence , medical education , job training , social psychology , pedagogy , finance , medicine , economics , statistics , mathematics
Participants in this study were 183 recipients of Aid to Families With Dependent Children who were referred to Hawaii's Job Opportunities and Basic Skills Program. The systematic employment of four methods for changing self‐efficacy resulted in significant changes in participants' financial independence self‐efficacy over a relatively short time.