Trajectories of Science Self-Efficacy Beliefs during the College Transition and Academic and Vocational Adjustment in Science and Technology Programs

Autor/inn/en	Larose, Simon; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Guay, Frederic; Senecal, Caroline; Harvey, Marylou
Titel	Trajectories of Science Self-Efficacy Beliefs during the College Transition and Academic and Vocational Adjustment in Science and Technology Programs
Quelle	In: Educational Research and Evaluation, 12 (2006) 4, S.373-393 (21 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1380-3611
Schlagwörter	Vocational Adjustment; Females; Career Choice; Adolescents; Science Achievement; Self Efficacy; Beliefs; Student Adjustment; Science Interests; Foreign Countries; Gender Differences; Longitudinal Studies; Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Personalanpassung; Weibliches Geschlecht; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Belief; Glaube; Student; Students; Adjustment; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Adaptation; Ausland; Geschlechterkonflikt; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Kanada
Abstract	The present study strove to better understand the associations between the development of late adolescents' self-efficacy beliefs toward science, and vocational and academic adjustment (i.e., career decidedness, scientific interests, science achievement, and persistence in science), while considering the potential moderating role of gender. Participants were 411 late adolescents, all admitted in a science-related field in college. Notable developmental heterogeneity in science self-efficacy beliefs was found across the transition to college with 50% of students reporting high stable self-efficacy beliefs, 20% of students experiencing an increase in self-efficacy beliefs, and 30% a decrease. Girls enrolled in technological programs (biology and physics) were more likely than boys to experience increasing self-efficacy beliefs toward science. Overall, students with high stable or increasing self-efficacy trajectories reported the most positive academic and vocational outcomes. Evidence for a gender moderating effect was found for career decidedness, where experiencing increasing and high stable self-efficacy beliefs toward science was associated with a gradual clarification of one's vocational choice for girls but not for boys. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (Author).
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