The Cognitive Processes Associated with Occupational/Career Indecision: A Model for Gifted Adolescents

Autor/in	Jung, Jae Yup
Titel	The Cognitive Processes Associated with Occupational/Career Indecision: A Model for Gifted Adolescents
Quelle	In: Journal for the Education of the Gifted, 36 (2013) 4, S.433-460 (28 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3532
DOI	10.1177/0162353213506067
Schlagwörter	Cognitive Processes; Occupational Aspiration; Career Choice; Academically Gifted; Adolescents; Student Surveys; High School Students; Selective Admission; Foreign Countries; Structural Equation Models; Social Influences; Family Influence; Predictor Variables; Cultural Influences; Expectation; Likert Scales; Factor Analysis; Construct Validity; Goodness of Fit; Australia + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Schülerbefragung; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Bildungsselektion; Ausland; Sozialer Einfluss; Prädiktor; Cultural influence; Kultureinfluss; Expectancy; Erwartung; Likert-Skala; Faktorenanalyse; Australien
Abstract	This study developed and tested a new model of the cognitive processes associated with occupational/career indecision for gifted adolescents. A survey instrument with rigorous psychometric properties, developed from a number of existing instruments, was administered to a sample of 687 adolescents attending three academically selective high schools in Sydney, Australia. The collected data were analyzed using structural equation modeling and related procedures. The findings suggested that three cognitive process pathways may be associated with occupational indecision for gifted adolescents, all of which incorporated amotivation with the occupational decision. Within these pathways, both idiocentric orientations toward the future and social influences from the family were identified as negative predictors of occupational amotivation, while perfectionism (which was itself negatively predicted by multipotentiality) appeared to be a positive predictor of occupational amotivation. Educators, psychologists, and counselors may be able to use the findings to reassess their career guidance to gifted adolescents. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10