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Parental Involvement and Adolescents' Career Goal Pursuit during the Post-School Transition
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Dietrich, Julia; Salmela-Aro, Katariina – Journal of Adolescence, 2013
This study investigated adolescents' and parents' co-regulation of career-related goals during the post-school transition. Finnish adolescents (N = 807, 49% female) were assessed twice in high school and once after graduation. It was examined how their career goal motivation (autonomous vs. controlled) and appraisals (goal attainability, effort,…
Descriptors: Motivation, Adolescents, Career Development, Parent Participation
The Career and Work Adaptability Questionnaire (CWAQ): A First Contribution to Its Validation
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Nota, Laura; Ginevra, Maria Cristina; Soresi, Salvatore – Journal of Adolescence, 2012
Over the last decade, occupational changes have the rapidly changing job market has begun to demand that people more actively construct their professional lives and acquire career adaptability. The aim of the present study was to develop a specific, new instrument, "Career and Work Adaptability", to assess degree of adaptability in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Career Development, Career Guidance
Narrative Structure and Parental Influence in Career Development.
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Young, Richard A.; And Others – Journal of Adolescence, 1994
Examined parental influence as retrospectively constructed through narratives of young adults (n=50). Identified five narrative types: progressive narrative with dramatic turning point, progressive narrative within positive evaluation frame, progressive narrative with negatively evaluated stages, anticipated regressive narrative, and sad…
Descriptors: Adult Children, Career Development, Foreign Countries, Narration
The Joint Actions of Adolescents in Peer Conversations about Career.
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Young, Richard A.; Antal, Surinder; Bassett, Margaret E.; Post, Angela; DeVries, Nancy; Valach, Ladislav – Journal of Adolescence, 1999
Videotapes of career conversations between adolescent peers were used to identify joint actions that occured in the conversations, and the meaning the conversations had for them. The functions adolescents used to reach these goals were identified as exploring, formulating, validating, and challenging. Results indicated self-refinement was the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Development, Guidance Objectives, Interpersonal Communication
Ego-Identity Status and Narrative Structure in Retrospective Accounts of Parental Career Influence.
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Sankey, Andria M.; Young, Richard A. – Journal of Adolescence, 1996
Examines the relationship between identity status categories and the experience of parental influence on career development. Life stories of 11 young adults regarding significant events through which their parents influenced them were classified by narrative structure based on Gergen and Gergen's macrostructure framework. Results indicated…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, Career Planning, Careers
The Relationship of Identity Status to Career Indecision during Adolescence.
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Vondracek, Fred W.; And Others – Journal of Adolescence, 1995
Examined the relationship between identity statuses and different kinds of career indecision. Findings supported the notion that membership in a specific identity status group was related to the nature and amount of career indecision reported by 407 students (grades 7-12). Evidence of construct validity for the various measures used is offered.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Choice, Career Development, Identification (Psychology)