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The Self-Efficacy-Interest Relationship and RIASEC Type: Which Is Figure and Which Is Ground? Comment on Armstrong and Vogel (2009)
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Lent, Robert W.; Sheu, Hung-Bin; Brown, Steven D. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2010
Armstrong and Vogel (2009) proposed that the differences between self-efficacy and interests are a matter of measurement artifact rather than substance. In tests of this hypothesis, they conceived of self-efficacy and interest as observed indicators of larger RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) types…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Interests, Measurement, Longitudinal Studies
Relation of Religious Support to Career Decision Self-Efficacy in College Students
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Duffy, Ryan D.; Lent, Robert W. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2008
This study examined the relation of religious support to social support, career exploration, and career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) in a sample of 133 undergraduate students involved in religious organizations. Religious support correlated significantly with social support and CDSE but not career exploration. Regression analyses indicated that…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Social Support Groups, Self Efficacy, Religious Organizations
Self-Efficacy for Managing Work-Family Conflict: Validating the English Language Version of a Hebrew Scale
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Hennessy, Kelly D.; Lent, Robert W. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2008
The Self-Efficacy for Work-Family Conflict Management Scale (SE-WFC), developed in Israel, was designed to assess beliefs regarding one's ability to manage conflict between work and family roles. This study examined the factor structure, reliability, and validity of an English language version of the SE-WFC in a sample of 159 working mothers in…
Descriptors: Social Desirability, Self Efficacy, Conflict, Construct Validity
Relation of Social-Cognitive Factors to Academic Satisfaction in Engineering Students
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Lent, Robert W.; Singley, Daniel; Sheu, Hung-Bin; Schmidt, Janet A.; Schmidt, Linda C. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2007
Lent (2004) posited a model of domain-specific and overall life satisfaction in which social-cognitive variables (self-efficacy, outcome expectations, environmental supports, and perceived goal progress) play key roles. In this study, the authors examined the relation of these variables to academic satisfaction. Participants were 153 engineering…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Life Satisfaction, Job Satisfaction
Realistic Major Previews in the School-to-College Transition of Italian High School Students
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Lent, Robert W.; Nota, Laura; Soresi, Salvatore; Ferrari, Lea – Career Development Quarterly, 2007
Industrial/organizational researchers have reported that realistic job previews diminish prospective workers' expectations but promote the satisfaction and persistence of those who ultimately accept a job assignment. The authors applied this strategy to the context of school-to-college transition; 354 Italian high school students were provided…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Occupational Information, Self Efficacy, High School Students
Longitudinal Relations of Self-Efficacy to Outcome Expectations, Interests, and Major Choice Goals in Engineering Students
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Lent, Robert W.; Sheu, Hung-Bin; Singley, Daniel; Schmidt, Janet A.; Schmidt, Linda C.; Gloster, Clay S. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
We examined the nature of the temporal relations among the core person variables in the social cognitive model of academic and career choice [Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and performance [Monograph]. "Journal of Vocational Behavior," 45,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Choice, Interests, Engineering Education