A social cognitive perspective on occupational identity development in college students

Abstract

Occupational identity is a central concept of career development, by providing a sense of direction and meaning across career development. This study aimed to examine how this concept can be associated with career processes through model formed by a set of socio-cognitive factors. The participants were 358 college students at a Brazilian university who completed measures of occupational identity, environmental supports and barriers, self-efficacy, goal progress, and academic satisfaction. Analysis indicates that the occupational identity status was partially well predicted by the combination of self-efficacy to cope with barriers, supports, academic satisfaction, and goal progress. These results highlight that students with a positive sense of competencies to deal with barriers and adequate levels of academic satisfaction would easily establish an occupational identity.

Aproximaciones a la sexualidad en la niñez desde terapia ocupacional

“…En base a esto, se puede entender que, desde la profesión, la sexualidad debe ser un área de interés no sólo como objeto de intervención, sino también, como un importante componente de la identidad de cada persona (Pinilla, 2020). El concepto de identidad llevada a la ocupación puede hacer referencia a cómo cada individuo toma decisiones, se desarrolla, desempeña y alcanza su satisfacción mediante la elección de ocupaciones dentro de distintos contextos y a lo largo de las etapas de la vida (Vautero & Silva, 2022).…”

Approaches to sexuality in childhood from occupational therapy

“…Based on this, it can be understood that, from the profession, sexuality should be an area of interest not only as an object of intervention, but also as an important component of each person's identity (Pinilla, 2020). The concept of identity brought to the occupation can refer to how each individual makes decisions, develops, performs and achieves satisfaction through choosing occupations within different contexts and throughout the stages of life (Vautero & Silva, 2022).…”

The impact of parenting practices and family economy on psychological wellbeing and learning patterns in higher education students

“…An active-learning methodology allows the student to receive training according to their social moment, providing them with resources and strategies to know how to learn throughout life (Guerra et al, 2019 ). (4) Learning by understanding and career interest includes the attitude, intrinsic motivation, and self-efficacy to deeply understand the discipline, with the goal of good professional development (Brenner, et al, 1997 ; Gandarillas, 2022 ; Jiménez et al, 2018 ; Leite et al, 2010 ; Mondragón et al, 2017 ; Nielsen, 2016 ; Vautero & Silva, 2023 ). Having clear learning goals and differently adapted to the subjects to be learned may facilitate acquiring an adequate level of knowledge and skills and better academic results (Ramudo et al, 2017 ; Rodríguez et al, 2003 ), improving their motivation when the study task is found uninteresting (Valle et al, 2007 ) and maintaining academic commitment and involvement (Rodríguez et al, 2003 ).…”