The Role of Self-Efficacy, Academic Abilities, and Parental Education in the Change in Career Decisions of Adolescents Facing German Unification

Autor/inn/en	Pinquart, Martin; Juang, Linda P.; Silbereisen, Rainer K.
Titel	The Role of Self-Efficacy, Academic Abilities, and Parental Education in the Change in Career Decisions of Adolescents Facing German Unification
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Development, 31 (2004) 2, S.125-142 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0894-8453
DOI	10.1007/s10871-004-0570-9
Schlagwörter	Predictor Variables; Academic Ability; Adolescents; Vocational Education; Group Unity; Grades (Scholastic); Foreign Countries; Self Efficacy; Parent Education; Decision Making; Occupational Aspiration; Academic Aspiration; Probability; Germany + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Prädiktor; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Ausbildung; Berufsbildung; Gruppenidentität; Notenspiegel; Ausland; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Parents education; Elternbildung; Elternschule; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung; Wahrscheinlichkeitstheorie; Deutschland
Abstract	In times of dramatic social change, new career options emerge and old options may become obsolete. We investigated predictors of change in general career aspirations and of plans to attend a university of East German adolescents from 1989 (before German unification) to 1991 and 1995, respectively, after German unification. Higher pre-unification self-efficacy beliefs were associated with an increase in general career aspirations and a higher probability of switching from non-college-bound vocational training to attending a university. In addition, better pre-unification school grades and having parents who graduated from a university increased adolescents' probability to switch to a university. Furthermore, interaction effects of self-efficacy with grades and cognitive abilities appeared, indicating that for individuals with high self-efficacy, cognitive abilities became more important and grades less important in predicting the wish to pursue university studies. We concluded that beliefs in one's capabilities, and high academic abilities are important resources in vocational reorientation in times of social change. (Author).
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