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Flores, Lisa Y.; Spanierman, Lisa B.; Armstrong, Patrick Ian; Velez, Alexandra D. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2006
The structural and concurrent validity of the Strong Interest Inventory (SII) and Skills Confidence Inventory (SCI) was explored with a sample of 487 Mexican American high school students, and findings were compared with normative samples of the SII and SCI. Holland's (1997) structure was evaluated using circular unidimensional scaling. The…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Occupational Aspiration, Mexican Americans, Interest Inventories
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Flores, Lisa Y.; Navarro, Rachel L.; Smith, Jamie L.; Ploszaj, Ann M. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2006
This study examined the nontraditional career choice goals of 302 Mexican American adolescent men using an extended version of Lent, Brown, and Hacketts (1994) career choice model. It was hypothesized that several background contextual variables (e.g., acculturation level, parental support, perceived occupational gender barriers) would predict…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Adolescents, Career Choice, Self Efficacy
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Flores, Lisa Y.; O'Brien, Karen M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2002
This study tested R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and G. Hackett's (1994) model of career choice with 364 Mexican American adolescent women. Path analyses were run to determine the influence of contextual and social cognitive variables on career aspiration, career choice prestige, and traditionality. Partial support for the model was evidenced as…
Descriptors: Reputation, Females, Career Choice, Acculturation