Vocational Interests and Prospective College Majors among Youth of Color in Poverty

Autor/inn/en	Diemer, Matthew A.; Wang, Qiu; Smith, Aaron V.
Titel	Vocational Interests and Prospective College Majors among Youth of Color in Poverty
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Assessment, 18 (2010) 1, S.97-110 (14 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1069-0727
DOI	10.1177/1069072709350906
Schlagwörter	Majors (Students); Poverty; Pacific Islanders; American Indians; Alaska Natives; Vocational Interests; College Attendance; Career Development; Occupational Aspiration; Minority Groups; High School Students; College Bound Students; Asian Americans; African Americans; Hispanic Americans; Grade Point Average + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Armut; Pacific Rim; Inhabitant; People; Pazifischer Raum; Bewohner; American Indian; Indianer; Inuit; Berufsinteresse; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Berufsentwicklung; Berufsneigung; Berufsziel; Ethnische Minderheit; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Asian immigrant; United States; Asiatischer Einwanderer; USA; Afroamerikaner; Hispanic; Hispanoamerikaner
Abstract	A clear sense of vocational interests may facilitate high school students' capacity to connect current interests to congruent educational and occupational environments. This is particularly important for youth who experience external constraints on career development and college attendance. This study examined how well vocational interests, operationalized as greater differentiation and strength of interests, predict congruent prospective college majors among high school-aged youth of color in poverty. Multiple regression analyses suggested that vocational interests significantly predicted congruent majors for samples of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian/ Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, Black/African American, and Latino/Latina youth. This study suggests that vocational interests may help marginalized youth connect disparate phases of their work lives, extends previous scholarship by examining high school-aged and marginalized youth, and informs vocational and postsecondary counseling and guidance. (Contains 2 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10