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Relationships among Measures of Career Self-Efficacy, Generalized Self-Efficacy, and Global Self-Esteem.
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Betz, Nancy E.; Klein, Karla L. – Journal of Career Assessment, 1996
College students (n=200) completed the Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Scale-Short Form (CDMSE-SF) and Skills Confidence Inventory; 147 completed the CDMSE-SF and Occupational and Mathematical Self-Efficacy Scales. Career decision-making self-efficacy was more highly correlated with generalized self-efficacy than global self-esteem,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Decision Making, Self Efficacy
Utility of Expectancy Theory in Predicting Occupational Choices in College Students.
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Brooks, Linda; Betz, Nancy E. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1990
Examined student (N=188) responses to measures of Expectancy and Valence to six male- and six female-dominated careers. Found that Expectancy X Valence interaction for occupation accounted for variance in choosing occupation; gender differences were marked and consistent across expectancy, valence, and likelihood of choosing occupation, varying…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Expectation, Higher Education
The Relationship of Mathematics Self-Efficacy Expectations to the Selection of Science-Based College Majors.
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Betz, Nancy E.; Hackett, Gail – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1983
Investigated the relationship of mathematics self-efficacy expectations to the selection of science-based major in 261 college students. Results indicated that mathematics self-efficacy expectations were significantly related to students' selection of science-based college majors. The math-related self-efficacy expectations of males were…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Preparation, College Science, College Students
The Relationship of Career-Related Self-Efficacy Expectations to Perceived Career Options in College Women and Men.
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Betz, Nancy E.; Hackett, Gail – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1981
Subjects, (N=134) female and (N=101) male undergraduates, were asked to indicate their perceptions of their capabilities to successfully complete the educational requirements and job duties of each of 10 traditionally female and 10 traditionally male occupations. Results indicated sex differences in self-efficacy with regard to traditional versus…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, College Students
Traditionality of Choice and Sex-Role Identification as Moderators of the Congruence of Occupational Choice in College Women.
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Wolfe, Lynda K.; Betz, Nancy E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1981
Women whose choices were in nontraditional career fields were significantly more likely to be making choices congruent with their personality type. While sex-role orientation was not significantly related to either congruence or traditionality, masculine-typed women were most likely to make nontraditional and congruent career choices. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Females, Higher Education, Nontraditional Occupations
Moderators of the Congruence and Realism of Major and Occupational Plans in College Students: A Replication and Extension.
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Betz, Nancy E.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1990
Examined utility of gender, traditionality of choice, and gender role identification as moderators of interest-field congruence and ability-level realism of academic major and occupational preferences in college students (N=592). Found traditionality of choice and gender role unrelated to interest-field congruence. (Author/NB)
Descriptors: Ability, Career Choice, College Students, Congruence (Psychology)