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A Social Cognitive Examination of East Asian American Career Development: Contextual Factors Influencing Career Choice
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Liu, Jane – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Despite their educational and economic achievements in the United States, Asian Americans continue to be occupationally segregated in the labor force. Asian Americans are overrepresented in mathematics, engineering and biological sciences while underrepresented in field such as education, humanities, social and behavioral sciences (Bureau of Labor…
Descriptors: Asian American Students, College Students, Career Development, Career Choice
A Meta-Analytic Review of Research on Gender Differences in Sexuality, 1993-2007
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Petersen, Jennifer L.; Hyde, Janet Shibley – Psychological Bulletin, 2010
In 1993 Oliver and Hyde conducted a meta-analysis on gender differences in sexuality. The current study updated that analysis with current research and methods. Evolutionary psychology, cognitive social learning theory, social structural theory, and the gender similarities hypothesis provided predictions about gender differences in sexuality. We…
Descriptors: Learning Theories, Socialization, Ethnic Groups, Effect Size
The Impact of Racial Identity, Ethnic Identity, Asian Values, and Race-Related Stress on Asian Americans and Asian International College Students' Psychological Well-Being
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Iwamoto, Derek Kenji; Liu, William Ming – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2010
The present study investigated the direct and moderating effects of racial identity, ethnic identity, Asian values, and race-related stress on positive psychological well-being among 402 Asian American and Asian international college students. Results revealed that the racial identity statuses Internalization, Immersion-Emersion, Dissonance, Asian…
Descriptors: College Students, Ethnicity, Race, Social Behavior
The Career Aspirations of Rural Appalachian High School Students
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Ali, Saba Rasheed; Saunders, Jodi L. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2009
The purpose of the present study was to investigate the contributions of several social cognitive career theory (SCCT) factors in predicting the career aspirations of a group of high school students living in the central part of rural Appalachia. Sixty-three high school students completed measures assessing their vocational/educational…
Descriptors: High Schools, Self Efficacy, High School Students, Rural Schools
Cognitive and Social Influences on Gang Involvement among Delinquents in Three Chinese Cities
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Ngai, Ngan-pun; Cheung, Chau-kiu; Ngai, Steven Sek-Yum – Adolescence (San Diego): an international quarterly devoted to the physiological, psychological, psychiatric, sociological, and educational aspects of the second decade of human life, 2007
Inasmuch as research has held the increase in youth gang activities responsible for the escalating level of crime and delinquency in Chinese societies, ascertaining risk or protective factors of gang involvement among Chinese youths is crucial. The factors include those associated with social control, social learning, and cognitive development. To…
Descriptors: Juvenile Gangs, Socialization, Delinquency, Social Control
College Expectations of Rural Appalachian Youth: An Exploration of Social Cognitive Career Theory Factors
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Ali, Saba Rasheed; Saunders, Jodi L. – Career Development Quarterly, 2006
An examination of social cognitive career theory (SCCT; R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, & G. Hackett, 1994, 2000) factors contributing to the college expectations of high school students (N = 87) in rural Appalachia was conducted. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses revealed support for the role of SCCT variables in predicting expectations to…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Rural Schools, Social Theories, Social Cognition