The Relationship of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Vocational Identity, and Career Exploration Behavior in African American High School Students

Gushue, George V.; Scanlan, Kolone R. L.; Pantzer, Karen M.; Clarke, Christine P.

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“…The power of future orientation to influence adolescent behavior is based on expectancy-value theory, which posits that individuals modify current behavior based on their judgment of future outcomes (7) and specifically: (1) how much one values an outcome and (2) the likelihood of the outcome occurring. Research has linked greater future orientation with improved health and educational outcomes such as reduced drug use, less sexual risk taking behaviors, lower violence involvement, and improved educational and vocational outcomes (3,4,8,9). For example, Borowsky and colleagues (2009) (8) (8) (8) used a nationally representative longitudinal sample and found perceived early fatality was related to police arrest (OR 1.26; p<.05) and an HIV diagnosis (OR 7.13; p<.001) 5 years later.…”

Section: Definition Of Future Orientationmentioning

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Future orientation: a construct with implications for adolescent health and wellbeing

Johnson¹,

Blum

Cheng³

2014

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

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Multi-disciplinary research has supported a relationship between adolescent future orientation (the ability to set future goals and plans) and positive adolescent health and development outcomes. Many preventive strategies-for example contracepting, exercising-are based on taking actions in the present to avoid unwanted or negative future consequences. However, research has been hampered by unclear and often divergent conceptualizations of the future orientation construct. The present paper aims to integrate previous conceptual and operational definitions into a conceptual framework that can inform programs and services for youth and efforts to evaluate future orientation as a target for intervention. Recommendations focus on furthering the study of the construct through measurement synthesis as well as studies of the normative development of future orientation. Also suggested is the need to pair environmental intervention strategies with individual level efforts to improve future orientation in order to maximize benefits.

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Section: Definition Of Future Orientationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Future orientation: a construct with implications for adolescent health and wellbeing

Johnson¹,

Blum

Cheng³

2014

International Journal of Adolescent Medicine and Health

150

119

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“…By contrast, adolescents with a high degree of coherence and differentiation of identity show decisional capacity, and appropriate educational and social behaviours. In particular, subjects with a status of Achievement manifest a high level of decisional self-effectiveness and differentiation of interests, and those in Moratorium and Foreclosure status show a low level of selfeffectiveness in choices and diversification of professional preferences (Gushue, Scanlan, Pantzer, & Clarke, 2006;Nauta & Kahn, 2007). In the identity diffusion stage, students are unmotivated to even begin the exploration process.…”

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Influence of Identity, Congruence of Interest and Coping Strategy on Decision Making

Pellerone

2015

Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences

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Construction of identity and mechanisms with which it reaches vocational maturity lead adolescents to explore their interests and to make adequate choice. The objective of the contribution is to value the role of identity, congruence of interests and coping strategies as predictive variables to decision making. The research involved 350 students, attending the 4 th and the 5 th year of senior secondary schools. They completed Ego Identity Process Questionnaire, Self-Directed Search, General Decision Making Style and Coping Orientation to Problems Experienced. Results indicate that the profile of interests is higher in adolescents with Achievement identity; a positive correlation between identity-moratorium status, intuitive decision making style and dependent coping strategy is noticed. Suggestions are being presented for future research.

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“…Research on this concept has suggested that vocational identity is linked to clear and stable career goals, interests, personality and talents (Holland, Daiger, & Power, 1980), job satisfaction (Carson & Mowsesian, 1993;Holland & Gottfredson, 1994), career exploratory behaviors (Gushue et al, 2006), and college major choice (Leung, 1998). Although participants in this study may have not fully reached a sense of complete vocational identity, the purpose of the study was to examine its development.…”

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Exploration of Factors Related to Development of Vocational Identity in Collegiate Student Athletes

Ackerman¹

2013

PsycEXTRA Dataset

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The goal of this study was to understand the vocational consequences and benefits of being a student-athlete in a large university and competitive level of sport, and how these contribute to the development of a student-athlete's vocational identity. A mass email was sent to the entire student-athlete population at a Division I university asking potential participants to reply to the email if they were interested in doing a one-time, one-hour interview on their career development process. Semi-structured interviews were conducted on the university campus with 14 student-athletes. The participants as a group were diverse, including eight females and six males, a variety of class years (freshman to graduate student), and representing eight different sports. With participant consent, each interview was audio recorded. Interviews were transcribed and analyzed using an open coding process by multiple independent raters. A grounded theory approach was used as a guiding research framework for the data analysis process. Results were organized in terms of five research questions posed in the study. The overall factors that influence student-athlete vocational identity were as follows: (a) occupational engagement prior to college, (b) parental influence, (c) personality characteristics, (d) variety of social groups, (e) the academic environment, (f) coaches' attitudes regarding academics, (g) tailored career resources and services, and (h) understanding of NCAA and University regulations.Additionally, the developmental crisis concept of vocational action versus vocational delay was devised and discussed as a significant pattern in the data. Limitations of the current study are discussed, and directions for future research are provided.iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

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The Relationship of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy, Vocational Identity, and Career Exploration Behavior in African American High School Students

Cited by 168 publications

References 17 publications

Future orientation: a construct with implications for adolescent health and wellbeing

Future orientation: a construct with implications for adolescent health and wellbeing

Influence of Identity, Congruence of Interest and Coping Strategy on Decision Making

Exploration of Factors Related to Development of Vocational Identity in Collegiate Student Athletes

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