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Parent and Adolescent Perceptions of Adolescent Career Development Tasks and Vocational Identity
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Rogers, Mary E.; Creed, Peter A.; Praskova, Anna – Journal of Career Development, 2018
We surveyed Australian adolescents and parents to test differences and congruence in perceptions of adolescent career development tasks (career planning, exploration, certainty, and world-of-work knowledge) and vocational identity. We found that, for adolescents (N = 415), career development tasks (not career exploration) explained 48% of the…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Adolescent Attitudes, Career Development, Vocational Interests
Developmental Issues in Career Maturity and Career Decision Status.
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Patton, Wendy; Creed, Peter A. – Career Development Quarterly, 2001
Reports cross-sectional data from 1,971 Australian adolescents who completed the Career Decision Scale and the Career Development Inventory. Results illustrate a developmental progression in career maturity, although a less uniform pattern emerged with gender differences. Findings regarding career indecision also presented a complex picture and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Career Development, Foreign Countries
Career Maturity and Well-Being as Determinants of Occupational Status of Recent School Leavers: A Brief Report of an Australian Study.
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Patton, Wendy; Creed, Peter A.; Muller, Juanita – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
Hypothesized that students who continue full-time study after high school have higher levels of career maturity, psychological well-being, and academic achievement while at school. Surveyed 254 Australian seniors and 132 of these students 9 months after graduation. Found that students who proceeded to full-time further study scored higher in all…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Graduate Study
Career Maturity of Australian and South African High School Students: Developmental and Contextual Explanations
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Patton, Wendy; Watson, Mark B.; Creed, Peter A. – Australian Journal of Career Development, 2004
The present study investigates the career maturity of 1090 high school students in Years 8 to 12 in Australia (n = 656) and South Africa (n = 434). Scores on the Australian version of the "Career Development Inventory" were analysed. While a developmental explanation for career maturity was supported, gender differences between countries…
Descriptors: Career Education, Foreign Countries, Gender Differences, High School Students