Are Success Learning Experiences and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Associated with Occupational Interests and Aspirations of At-Risk Urban Youth?

Autor/inn/en	Jackson, Margo A.; Potere, Jodi C.; Brobst, Karen A.
Titel	Are Success Learning Experiences and Self-Efficacy Beliefs Associated with Occupational Interests and Aspirations of At-Risk Urban Youth?
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Assessment, 14 (2006) 3, S.333-353 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1069-0727
DOI	10.1177/1069072706286489
Schlagwörter	Learning Experience; Self Efficacy; Beliefs; Vocational Interests; Occupational Aspiration; High Risk Students; Urban Youth; Middle School Students; Career Development; Intervention; Socialization + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lernerfahrung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Belief; Glaube; Berufsinteresse; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Problemschüler; Urban area; Urban areas; Youth; Stadtregion; Stadt; Jugend; Middle school; Middle schools; Student; Students; Mittelschule; Mittelstufenschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Berufsentwicklung; Socialisation; Sozialisation
Abstract	To help increase access to educational and occupational options for a growing yet underrepresented population of low-income, culturally diverse, urban middle school students, we need to increase our understanding of important factors in their career development. The results of this study supported some applications of Krumboltzs social learning theory to at-risk urban youth and found (a) a significant and positive association between participants success learning experiences and their expressed occupational interests, and (b) a positive association between their career self-efficacy beliefs and inventoried occupational interests. However, no association was found between participants success learning experiences and their highest or most ideal occupational aspirations. Further research with methods and measures that are reliable and validated with this population is needed to replicate the results of this study. In turn, career counselors might use this understanding to better design effective interventions for at-risk diverse urban youth. (Contains 3 tables and 1 note.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10