Engagement in Adolescent Career Preparation: Social Support, Personality and the Development of Choice Decidedness and Congruence

Autor/inn/en	Hirschi, Andreas; Niles, Spencer G.; Akos, Patrick
Titel	Engagement in Adolescent Career Preparation: Social Support, Personality and the Development of Choice Decidedness and Congruence
Quelle	In: Journal of Adolescence, 34 (2011) 1, S.173-182 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0140-1971
DOI	10.1016/j.adolescence.2009.12.009
Schlagwörter	Personality Traits; Career Planning; Structural Equation Models; Grade 8; Social Support Groups; Longitudinal Studies; Foreign Countries; Predictor Variables; Career Choice; Goal Orientation; Switzerland + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Individual characteristics; Personality characteristic; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Karriereplanung; School year 08; 8. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 08; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Ausland; Prädiktor; Zielorientierung; Zielvorstellung; Schweiz
Abstract	This longitudinal panel study investigated predictors and outcomes of active engagement in career preparation among 349 Swiss adolescents from the beginning to the end of eighth grade. Latent variable structural equation modeling was applied. The results showed that engagement in terms of self- and environmental-exploration and active career planning related positively to interindividual increases in career decidedness and choice congruence. More perceived social support, early goal decidedness, and particular personality traits predicted more engagement. Support and personality impacted outcomes only mediated through engagement. Early decidedness and congruence were significant predictors of their respective later levels. Implications for practice are presented. (Contains 2 tables and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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