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Creed, Peter A.; Wong, Oi Yin; Hood, Michelle – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2009
The study tested the relationship between occupational aspirations/expectations (type and status) and decision-making difficulties, efficacy and career barriers in 498 Chinese high school students. Males aspired to investigative and enterprising types, but expected realistic and enterprising ones; females aspired to enterprising and conventional…
Descriptors: Females, Occupational Aspiration, High School Students, Foreign Countries
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Creed, Peter A.; Muller, Juanita; Patton, Wendy – Journal of Adolescence, 2003
Examines the well-being and career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) of adolescents before and after leaving school, and tests for the changes in these variables as a result of leaving school. Results reveal that leaving school improved well-being and confidence for some. One group was disadvantaged by having poorer well-being while at school,…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making, Foreign Countries, High School Graduates
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Creed, Peter A.; Patton, Wendy; Bartrum, Dee – Journal of Career Development, 2004
One hundred and thirty final year high school students were administered scales tapping optimism/pessimism, self-esteem, external career barriers, career decision-making self-efficacy, career focus and career indecision. It was hypothesised, first, that cognitive style optimism/pessimism) would predict both internal (self-esteem) and external…
Descriptors: Females, Cognitive Style, Males, Career Development