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Sheu, Hung-Bin; Lent, Robert W.; Brown, Steven D.; Miller, Matthew J.; Hennessy, Kelly D.; Duffy, Ryan D. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
Social cognitive career theory (SCCT; Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) seeks to explain the factors that shape educational and vocational interests and choices. We used meta-analytic path analyses to synthesize data (from 1981 to 2008) relevant to SCCT's interest and choice hypotheses, organizing the literature according to Holland's (1997) broad…
Descriptors: Social Theories, Models, Career Choice, Vocational Interests
Lent, Robert W.; Miller, Matthew J.; Smith, Paige E.; Watford, Bevlee A.; Lim, Robert H.; Hui, Kayi; Morrison, M. Ashley; Wilkins, Gregory; Williams, Kevin – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2013
We tested a social cognitive model of academic adjustment in a sample of 1377 students enrolled in engineering schools at two predominantly White and two historically Black state universities. The model brought together central elements of social cognitive career theory's (SCCT) segmental models of educational/vocational satisfaction, interest,…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Academic Persistence, Engineering Education, Minority Group Students
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
Lent, Robert W.; Paixao, Maria Paula; da Silva, Jose Tomas; Leitao, Ligia Mexia – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
The predictive utility of social cognitive career theory's (SCCT) interest and choice models was examined in a sample of 600 Portuguese high school students. Participants completed measures of occupational self-efficacy, outcome expectations, interests, social supports and barriers, and choice consideration across the six Holland (1997) RIASEC…
Descriptors: Prediction, Self Efficacy, Vocational Interests, Occupational Aspiration
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
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

Lent, Robert W.; Hackett, Gail – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1987
Reviews emerging findings applying self-efficacy theory to career-relevant behaviors, examines a number of conceptual and methodological issues arising from this work, and offers several directions for future research and theory on the career self-efficacy construct. Self-efficacy appears to offer promise in understanding certain career-entry…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Careers, Counseling Theories

Lent, Robert W.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1991
Explored relation of sources of efficacy information to mathematics self-efficacy percepts and relations among self-efficacy, outcome expectations, interest in mathematics-related college courses, and choice of science-based career among 138 undergraduates. Efficacy informational sources were significantly predictive of gender differences in…
Descriptors: Career Choice, College Students, Higher Education, Mathematics

Brown, Steven D.; Lent, Robert W. – Career Development Quarterly, 1996
Extends social cognitive career theory by suggesting how several of its major hypotheses can be applied to counseling. Describes strategies for assisting clients in developing a broad array of career options, analyzing and overcoming barriers to career choice, and counteracting choice-limiting self-efficacy beliefs. Discusses future research needs…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Development, Self Efficacy

Lent, Robert W.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1987
Explored differential contribution of three alternative variables in explaining career-relevant behavior in science and engineering students. Results revealed that self-efficacy was the most useful in predicting grades and persistence in technical/scientific majors, self-efficacy and congruence contributed to prediction of range of perceived…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, Career Choice, College Students, Congruence (Psychology)

Brown, Steven D.; Lent, Robert W.; Gore, Paul A., Jr. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2000
Three analyses of data from 51 men and 178 women were conducted. Confirmatory factor analysis of self-efficacy beliefs and self-rated abilities supported a two-factor model. LISREL estimates of self-efficacy beliefs were more highly related to interests than were self-rated abilities. Relationship of self-rated abilities to interests was…
Descriptors: Ability, Beliefs, Career Choice, Self Efficacy

Lent, Robert W.; Brown, Steven D.; Nota, Laura; Soresi, Salvatore – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2003
Italian high school students (n=796) completed measures related to Social Cognitive Career Theory and Holland's personality types. Findings supported hypotheses that self-efficacy and outcome expectations predict interests. Whether the mediation effect of interests was full or partial varied across types. Social supports/barriers related to career…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Expectation, Foreign Countries, High School Students

Lent, Robert W.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1994
Presents a social cognitive framework based on Bandura's theory for understanding three aspects of career development: development of career interests, academic and career choices, and performance and persistence. Focus is on how self-efficacy, expected outcome, and goal interrelate with gender, context, and experiential factors. (SK)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Job Performance, Self Efficacy

Lent, Robert W.; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1986
Explored the relation of self-efficacy beliefs to educational/vocational choice and performance. Regression analyses indicated that self-efficacy contributed significant unique variance to the prediction of grades, persistence, and range of perceived career options in technical/scientific fields. (Author/BL)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Persistence, Beliefs, Career Awareness
Lent, Robert W.; And Others – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1986
Examined effects of a science and engineering careers course on students' career indecision and planning. Results indicated the course was effective in facilitating career planning. Students reported less posttest indecision and higher posttest scores on self-appraisal in relation to careers, knowledge of career information, and vocational…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Planning, College Students
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