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Direct linkLodewyk, Ken R. – International Journal of Kinesiology in Higher Education, 2019
The HEXACO dimensions of personality traits (honesty--humility, emotionality, extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience) have been linked to many adaptive outcomes in physical education-related (PE) settings; yet, little is known about the relationship between personality traits and motivation in students of school…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Majors (Students), Kinetics, Physical Education
Stoltz, Kevin B., Ed.; Barclay, Susan R., Ed. – National Career Development Association, 2019
National Career Development Association (NCDA) is excited to release the re-imagined 7th edition of their influential guide to career assessment. Re-conceptualized and renamed to "A Comprehensive Guide to Career Assessment," the "Guide" contains important information career counselors, educators, and practitioners will find…
Descriptors: Career Development, Career Planning, Evaluation Methods, Elementary Secondary Education
St-Jean, Étienne; Mathieu, Cynthia – Journal of Career Development, 2015
Mentoring is reputed to support the career choices and development of individuals in various contexts. This study is one of the few that investigates the effect of mentoring on career satisfaction and retention of novice entrepreneurs. We surveyed 360 novice entrepreneurs who had been supported by a mentor. Our analyses demonstrate the direct…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Entrepreneurship, Novices, Business
Download full textGaylor, Lisa; Nicol, Jennifer J. – Canadian Journal of Education, 2016
Students' perceived self-efficacy and motivation in the context of experiential high school career education was examined through an exploratory mixed methods case study of an elective experiential career education class offered in Saskatchewan public schools. Data were generated by having students (N = 14) complete two measures at the start and…
Descriptors: Experiential Learning, Career Education, High School Students, Self Efficacy
Domene, Jose F. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2012
Links between young adults' sense of calling, career outcome expectations, and self-efficacy were examined in a sample of 855 undergraduate students from three universities in Atlantic Canada. Hierarchical multiple regression revealed that participants' presence of and search for calling accounted for a small, but significant, portion of the…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Self Efficacy, Adults, Foreign Countries
Beatty, Stephanie Hayne; Meadows, Ken N.; SwamiNathan, Richard; Mulvihill, Catherine – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2016
This study examined the potential impact of a week-long cocurricular community service-learning (CSL) program on undergraduate students' psychosocial development. Participants in the Alternative Spring Break program and a matched control group completed surveys assessing a number of psychosocial variables immediately before and after the program,…
Descriptors: Vacation Programs, Service Learning, Student Development, Undergraduate Students
Larose, Simon; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Guay, Frederic; Senecal, Caroline; Harvey, Marylou – Educational Research and Evaluation, 2006
The present study strove to better understand the associations between the development of late adolescents' self-efficacy beliefs toward science, and vocational and academic adjustment (i.e., career decidedness, scientific interests, science achievement, and persistence in science), while considering the potential moderating role of gender.…
Descriptors: Vocational Adjustment, Females, Career Choice, Adolescents
Chisholm, Joe; Edmunds, Alan – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 2001
Examines differences in levels of career decision-making self-efficacy in Cape Breton high school students who lived in communities with recent closures of mining and steel industries compared to students from communities with no such closures. Students demonstrated considerable confidence in their career decision-making abilities implying that…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Planning, Decision Making, Economic Factors
Mani, Priya S. – Canadian Journal of Counselling, 2005
The purpose of this research study was to examine the supports and barriers that Sikh Indo-Canadian young women perceive in their career decision-making process to enter the applied social sciences at the university level. A qualitative descriptive case study approach (Yin, 2003) was used. Analyses indicated self-efficacy appraisals played an…
Descriptors: Females, Self Efficacy, Religious Cultural Groups, Social Sciences
Peer reviewedHannah, Jo-Ann S.; Kahn, Sharon E. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1989
Investigated socioeconomic status (SES) background and gender of 334 Grade 12 adolescents in relation to prestige level and gender composition of occupations. Results indicated significant relationship between SES background and occupational prestige level for males and females, with high SES females more likely than low SES females to choose…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Foreign Countries, High School Seniors, High Schools
Randhawa, Bikkar S.; And Others – 1989
In mathematics, Canadian students perform poorly, and enrollment in Canadian postsecondary institutions is low, particularly for women. Clearly, there is a need to understand the personal and social factors that influence mathematics achievement and academic choices. A. Bandura's self-efficacy theory (1977, 1982) implies that academic choices are…
Descriptors: Algebra, Career Choice, Comparative Testing, Course Selection (Students)
Pracana, Clara, Ed.; Wang, Michael, Ed. – Online Submission, 2016
We are delighted to welcome you to the International Psychological Applications Conference and Trends (InPACT) 2016, taking place in Lisbon, Portugal, from 30 of April to 2 of May, 2016. Psychology, nowadays, offers a large range of scientific fields where it can be applied. The goal of understanding individuals and groups (mental functions and…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Educational Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology
