Examining the Role of Peer Support on Work Experiences for Young Women with Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Hirano, Kara A.; Khurana, Atika; Lindstrom, Lauren; DeGarmo, David
Titel	Examining the Role of Peer Support on Work Experiences for Young Women with Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Development, 49 (2022) 3, S.632-646 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Hirano, Kara A.) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-8453
DOI	10.1177/0894845321991647
Schlagwörter	Peer Relationship; Social Support Groups; Work Experience; Females; High School Students; Students with Disabilities; Self Efficacy; Expectation + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Peer-Beziehungen; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Employment experience; Job experience; Occupational experience; Berufserfahrung; Weibliches Geschlecht; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Disability; Disabilities; Behinderung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Expectancy; Erwartung
Abstract	This study examined the protective effect of perceived peer support on involvement in work experiences in a sample of 366 young women receiving special education services in 26 high schools. Career self-efficacy and career outcome expectations are well-established predictors of behaviors aimed at achieving career goals, such as obtaining work experiences. Hence, we also evaluated their role as mediators of the hypothesized effect of perceived peer support on work experiences. Regression analyses (accounting for clustering within schools) revealed that perceived peer support had an indirect effect on work experiences, with the effect being channeled through career self-efficacy, but not through career outcome expectations. Although perceived peer support was significantly associated with career self-efficacy and career outcome expectations, only career self-efficacy predicted work experiences at follow-up. Our findings suggest that perceived peer support, a relatively malleable factor, can promote career self-efficacy and career outcomes for this population. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01