Vocational and overall identity: A person-centered approach in Italian university students

Sestito, Laura Aleni; Sica, Luigia Simona; Ragozini, Giancarlo; Porfeli, Erik J.; Weisblat, Gina Z.; Palma, Tiziana Di

doi:10.1016/j.jvb.2015.10.001

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“…As an example of this using an algorithmic approach, Sestito et al (2015) conducted a two-step clustering analysis to identify subtypes of vocational identity status (i.e., identities in pursuing career and academic objectives). The authors had five inputs to the analysis, the subscales of the Vocational Identity Status Assessment: commitment making, identification with commitment, flexibility, self-doubt, exploration in breadth, and exploration in depth.…”

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Putting the “Person” in the Center

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Organizational Research Methods

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This article provides a review and synthesis of person-centered analytic (i.e., clustering) methods in organizational psychology with the aim of (a) placing them into an organizing framework to facilitate analysis and interpretation and (b) constructing a set of practical recommendations to guide future person-centered research. To do so, we first clarify the terminological and conceptual issues that still cloud person-centered approaches. Next, we organize the diverse kinds of person-centered analyses into two major statistical approaches, algorithmic and latent-variable approaches. We then present a literature review that quantifies how these two approaches have been used within our field, identifying trends over time and typical study characteristics. Out of this review, we construct a unifying taxonomy of the five ways in which clusters are differentiated: (1) construct-based patterns, (2) response-style patterns, (3) predictive relations, (4) growth trajectories, and (5) measurement models. We also provide a set of practical guidelines for researchers and highlight a few remaining questions and/or areas in which future work is needed for further advancing person-centered methodologies. Keywords profile analysis, cluster analysis, latent class analysis, latent class growth models The "person-centered" approach has become an increasingly used concept within the organizational sciences. Recent publications (e.g., Morin, Meyer, Creusier, & Biétry, 2016) and a 2011 special issue of Organizational Research Methods (Wang & Hanges, 2011) have either used or explicated person-centered analytic frameworks. However, this term has also been used to simultaneously

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Section: Five Cluster Meanings: Synthesizing the Reviews Into A Unifimentioning

confidence: 99%

Putting the “Person” in the Center

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Tay

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“…VISA is regarded as an updated measure with sound psychometric properties that is grounded on solid identity models and provides a comprehensive framework for assessing vocational identity. The English and Italian versions of VISA have both proven to be promising tools for assessing vocational identity (Porfeli et al, 2011; Sestito et al, 2015).…”

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Validation of the Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA) Using Chinese Technical College Students

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2018

Journal of Career Assessment

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Developing a vocational identity is one of the most important tasks facing any adolescent, and vocational identity has become a focus of attention in career education and guidance for decades. However, few studies have been conducted on this topic in China due to a lack of relevant measures. The purpose of this study was to validate a Chinese version of the Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA) using 1,650 Chinese technical college students. The 30-item VISA–Chinese Version was found to have sound reliability and validity and with measurement invariance across age groups. This study contributes to the vocational identity literature by demonstrating the usefulness of VISA–Chinese Version.

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“…The three processes are exploration, commitment, and reconsideration, which often yield six identity statuses: achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, diffusion, undifferentiated, and searching moratorium. Continuing studies replicate the three processes and six statuses, and empirical findings of correlates seem to support that the three processes of vocational identity development have its own uniqueness (Negru-Subtirica, Pop, & Crocetti, 2015;Porfeli, Lee, Vondracek, & Weigold, 2011;Rhee, Lee, Kim, Ha, & Lee, 2016;Sestito et al, 2015). Research using the three-dimensional model of vocational identity development is only in its initial stage, and more studies are required to understand the developmental trajectories of the processes and possible antecedents and consequences of vocational identity development.…”

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Cognitive Processes and Their Associations With Vocational Identity Development During Emerging Adulthood

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In the present study, we examined the associations between cognitive processes and vocational identity development. A sample of 318 Korean emerging adults participated in the study. Using three-wave longitudinal data and applying multilevel modeling, we tested within- and between-person-level associations. We found that individuals who are higher in career self-efficacy than others are more likely to be engaged in exploration and commitment. Those who exhibit more dysfunctional career thoughts are less likely to be engaged in commitment but more likely to reconsider their identities. We found a similar pattern at the within-person level: At times when one exhibits high self-efficacy than usual, one is more likely to be engaged in exploration and commitment; however, at times when one exhibits more dysfunctional thoughts than usual, one is less likely to be committed to a career and more likely to reconsider. We discuss the implications of the study results.

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Vocational and overall identity: A person-centered approach in Italian university students

Cited by 41 publications

References 30 publications

Putting the “Person” in the Center

Putting the “Person” in the Center

Validation of the Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA) Using Chinese Technical College Students

Cognitive Processes and Their Associations With Vocational Identity Development During Emerging Adulthood

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