Adolescent Career Development in Urban‐Residing Aboriginal Families in Canada

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to understand how urban-residing Aboriginal adolescent-parent dyads (n = 11) jointly constructed and acted on goals and strategies with their social supports (n = 17) to facilitate the adolescents' career development. A modified protocol following the qualitative action-project method was used. A discrete joint project was identified for each family. These joint projects can be clustered into 3 joint career development projects: (a) navigating toward a safe future, (b) negotiating school continuance, and (c) intergenerational continuity through tradition of care. A 4th project emerging from the data was family survival. Family survival projects supplanted participants' efforts to engage in career development projects.Recent and emerging evidence in the career development field indicates that the family has an important role in influencing related outcomes and engaging in facilitative processes (

Qualitative Action‐Project Method in Family Research

“…This article describes the theoretical underpinnings and strategies of the qualitative action‐project method (QA‐PM). The QA‐PM method was developed in the fields of counseling psychology (Young, Valach, Ball, Paseluikho, et al, 2001; Young, Valach, Dillabough, Dover, & Matthes, 1994; Young, Antal, et al, 1999; Young, Marshall, Domene, Arato‐Bolivar, et al, 2006) and health psychology (Valach, Young, & Lynam, 1996; Young, Logan, Lovato, Moffat, & Shoveller, 2005; Young, Lynam, et al, 2001), and is proving very useful for studying families and intimate relationships (Domene et al, 2008; Marshall, Young, Stevens, et al, 2011; Marshall, Young, Tilton‐Weaver, 2008; Nee, McLelland, & Domene, 2009; Young, Marshall, Domene, Graham, Logan, Templeton, et al, 2007; Young, Marshall, Domene, Graham, Logan, Zaidman‐Zait, et al, 2008; Zaidman‐Zait & Young, 2008). Our presentation of the QA‐PM is accompanied by examples to illustrate how the method provides rich information about daily family life and dynamic interpersonal processes.…”

“…The dyad is asked to have a conversation that lasts as long as they want. In the case of our work with parents and adolescent or young‐adult children, researchers suggest a 10‐ to 15‐min conversation (Young, Valach, Ball, Paseluikho, et al, 2001; Young, Marshall, Domene, Arato‐Bolivar, et al, 2006; Young, Marshall, Domene, Graham, Logan, Zaidman‐Zait, et al, 2008; Marshall, Young, Stevens, et al, 2011); with adult participants, 20‐ to 30‐min conversations have been used (Domene et al, 2008). The researchers then leave the room and participants generate and direct the course of the conversation by themselves.…”

“…If the children are young, telephone monitoring is conducted only with parents. Among families with few financial resources, telephone monitoring is difficult because of the cost implications for the families (see Marshall, Young, Stevens, et al, 2011). We recommend finding ways to supply telephone access to families with few financial resources so as to prevent shortfalls in information.…”

“…The multiple checks ensure the interpretations of the data do not stray too far from the experiences of the participants. It is particularly important to incorporate the insights of participants when studying an underresearched group about whom little is known and groups with underrepresented voices in the literature (Young, Marshall, & Valach, 2007), as illustrated in our study of urban‐residing Aboriginal families in western Canada (Marshall, Young, Stevens, et al, 2011).…”

Para além da escola e da empresa: contribuições para o atendimento em orientação de carreira

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