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Direct linkHirschi, Andreas; Niles, Spencer G.; Akos, Patrick – Journal of Adolescence, 2011
This longitudinal panel study investigated predictors and outcomes of active engagement in career preparation among 349 Swiss adolescents from the beginning to the end of eighth grade. Latent variable structural equation modeling was applied. The results showed that engagement in terms of self- and environmental-exploration and active career…
Descriptors: Personality Traits, Career Planning, Structural Equation Models, Personality
Akos, Patrick; Ellis, Cyrus Marcellus – Journal of Counseling & Development, 2008
In middle school, counselors should promote optimal development as students navigate the formative stage of puberty. A search for identity is an important developmental task in early adolescence, but school counselors often neglect racial identity development. Through an actual case of an 8th-grade student, both individual and systemic strategies…
Descriptors: Racial Identification, Early Adolescents, Developmental Tasks, School Counselors
Akos, Patrick; Lambie, Glenn W.; Milsom, Amy; Gilbert, Kelly – Professional School Counseling, 2007
Early adolescents make early career decisions in the form of curriculum choices for high school, and these choices can influence future postsecondary education and career paths. This exploratory study examined relationships between school and demographic variables and 522 eighth graders' choices of high school academic tracks. Analysis of variance…
Descriptors: Career Planning, Adolescents, Statistical Analysis, Grade 8
