Unemployed Adults’ Career Thoughts, Career Self‐Efficacy, and Interest: Any Similarity to College Students? | Zendy

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Unemployed Adults’ Career Thoughts, Career Self‐Efficacy, and Interest: Any Similarity to College Students?

Author(s) -

BullockYowell Emily,

Andrews Lindsay,

McConnell Amy,

Campbell Michael

Publication year - 2012

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.2161-1920.2012.00003.x

Subject(s) - psychology , similarity (geometry) , career development , career counseling , self efficacy , sample (material) , social psychology , cognitive information processing , empirical research , career planning , applied psychology , pedagogy , philosophy , chemistry , epistemology , chromatography , artificial intelligence , computer science , image (mathematics)

Little empirical knowledge about unemployed adults exists during a time when this group needs substantial career assistance. Because there is greater empirical understanding of college student career development compared with what is known about unemployed adults, a chi square and analyses of covariance were used to compare the career thinking, self‐efficacy, and interests of 169 unemployed adults seeking public job center assistance with that of 200 college students. Additionally, a diverse sample of 2,444 unemployed adults is demographically reviewed. Unemployed adults reported a higher level of Realistic interests and similar levels of negative career thinking and career decision‐making self‐efficacy compared with college students.

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