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ERIC Number: EJ1454766
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 16
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0144-3410
EISSN: EISSN-1469-5820
Empowering High-School Students from Low-Income Families in Career Decision Self-Efficacy: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Margaret Xi Can Yin; Amy Kung Wai-ying Chan; Cecilia Lai Wan Chan
Educational Psychology, v44 n9-10 p1032-1047 2024
Adolescents from low-income families generally have limited resources, which may negatively impact their career development. This study reports findings from the Youth Work-Explorer (Y-WE) career development program for 519 high-school students from low-income families in Hong Kong. One hundred forty-six participants received a three-day career training workshop plus work-attachment Y-WE intervention (group A); 190 received only Y-WE intervention (group B); 183 students were recruited as the control group received no intervention during the study. All participants completed a questionnaire containing three scales measuring extroversion, career knowledge, and career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) twice before and after the intervention. Relative T-tests and repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to determine the intervention's effectiveness. Results indicated that compared with the control group, participants in group A significantly improved in extroversion and career knowledge, while participants in group B significantly increased their career knowledge and CDSE.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education
Audience: N/A
Language: English
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Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers - Location: Hong Kong
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