A Longitudinal Study of Vocational Maturity and Ethnic Identity Development

Perron, Julie; Vondracek, Fred W.; Skorikov, Vladimir B.; Tremblay, Claudia; Corbière, Marc

doi:10.1006/jvbe.1997.1638

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“…Super 's (1957, 1990) career development theory and its central construct of career maturity have received considerable attention across many countries, including the United States (e.g., Levinson, Ohler, Caswel, & Kiewra, 1998;Savickas & Hartung, 1996;Super, Osborne, Walsh, Brown, & Niles, 1992), Australia (e.g., Clayton & Fletcher, 1994;Creed & Patton, 2003;Patton & Creed, 2001), Canada (Perron, Vondaracek, & Skorikov, 1998), Korea (Lee, 2001) and Thailand (Hughes & Thomas, 2006). According to Crites (1976) the central concept for understanding career behaviour is career maturity.…”

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Validation of the short form of the career development inventory with an Iranian high school sample

Sadeghi

Baghban

Bahrami

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Int J Educ Vocat Guidance

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A short 33-item form of the Career Development Inventory was validated on a sample of 310 Iranian high school students. Factor analysis indicated that attitude and cognitive subscale items loaded on their respective factors, and that internal reliability coefficients at all levels were satisfactory to good. Support for validity was demonstrated by associations in the expected direction for career decidedness and career decision-making self-efficacy. This short form of the inventory shows promise as a measure of career maturity with students from a non-Western country.Résumé. Validation de la version courte du Career Development Inventory avec un échantillon de lycéens iraniens. Une version courte à 33 items du Career Development Inventory a été validée sur un échantillon de 310 étudiants iraniens au lycée. L'analyse factorielle indique que les items des échelles attitude et cognition saturent sur leurs facteurs respectifs et que les coefficients de fidélité interne sont satisfaisants à bons à tous les niveaux. Un soutien à la validité est démontrée par l'association dans la direction attendue entre la décision vocationnelle et le sentiment de compétence en ce qui concerne la prise de décision vocationnelle. La version courte de cet inventaire est prometteur en tant que mesure de la maturité vocationnelle avec des étudiants d'un pays non occidental. Resumen. Validación de una forma abreviada del Inventario del Desarrollo de la Carrera, con una muestra iraní de estudiantes de secundaria. Una forma abreviada (33 items) del Inventario del Desarrollo de la Carrera se validó con una muestra de 310 estudiantes de secundaria iraníes. Los análisis factoriales mostraron que los items de las sub-escalas actitudinal y cognitiva saturaron en sus respectivos factores y que los coeficientes de fiabilidad interna puntuaron entre satisfactorio y bien, en todos los niveles. La validez se demostró a través de la relación, en la dirección esperada, entre la determinación vocacional y la auto-eficacia en la toma de decisiones. Esta forma abreviada del inventario es potencialmente útil para medir la madurez vocacional de estudiantes de un país no occidental.

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Validation of the short form of the career development inventory with an Iranian high school sample

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Baghban

Bahrami

et al. 2011

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“…In 1998, the Journal of Vocational Behavior featured scholarship examining the themes of work salience, career maturity, and ethnic identity development of African Americans and other people of color Perron et al, 1998). One place to examine these topics entails the career development perceptions of African American student athletes in the USA.…”

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African American Student Athletes' Perceptions of Career Transition in Sport: a qualitative and visual elicitation

Harrison

Lawrence

2003

Race Ethnicity and Education

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This study focuses on 26 African American athletes and explores their perceptions of athletic career transition. Participants consisted of student athletes from a United States National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division IIA institution in the Southeastern region. Participants completed the Life After Sports Scale (LASS), a 58-item inventory utilized to qualitatively and quantitatively examine seven different domains which influence perceptions of the career transition process. The scope of this inquiry examines the qualitative domain of the LASS in which participants were visually primed with a narrative description of a student athlete that has made transition out of sport successfully. Five major themes emerged from the African American student athletes' perceptions of the career transition process: Inspirational Imagery Validation, Academic and Athletic Success, Classroom Accomplishments, Family Devotion, and Life After Sports. These themes are discussed in relation to relevant career development theories, athletic identity theory from the sport psychology literature, and applicable race and racial theories to sport in higher education. Future research directions and limitations are articulated.

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“…External factors (as a fourth prominent influence) such as a person's context, culture, socio-economic status and quality of education, were also reported to play a significant role in CM (Perron, Vondracek, Skorikov, Tremblay & Corbiere, 1998;Stead, 1996;Super, 1957).…”

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“…Perron, et al (1998) conducted a study in Canada of the relationship between ethnicity and CM and found that there was a positive relationship between ethnic identity and CM for both minority and majority groups. Stead (1996) indicates that the history and context of black South African adolescents has an influence on their career development.…”

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Factors influencing career maturity in the South African National Defence Force: A diagnostic approach

Wout

Dyk

2016

Journal of Psychology in Africa

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ii Declaration I declare that the entirety of the work contained herein is my own, original work, that I am the sole author hereof (save to the extent explicitly otherwise stated), that reproduction and publication hereof by Stellenbosch University will not infringe any third party rights and that I have not previously in its entirety or in part submitted it for obtaining any qualification. Carien van 't Wout 8 September 2014Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za The CM of the MSDS members was found to be moderate. MSDS members seem to have high levels of confidence in their abilities to make career decisions (self-efficacy) and they perceive themselves as being hardy and having very good life skills. Moderate and weak, positive relationships were discovered between all twenty of the factors (scales and subscales of independent variables) and CM (dependent variable); however, they were not all significant.Multiple regression analysis resulted in a set of predictor variables (factors) which were used as the focus for recommendation on how CM may be improved for MSDS in the SANDF. These factors include: self-efficacy, seeking occupational information, self-appraisal, commitment, challenge, conscientiousness and continuous improvement.Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za iv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSFirst and foremost, all glory is given to God, Jesus Christ and the Holy Spirit. With Him, all things are possible (Philippians 4:13). I never would have completed this study without His guidance, support, love and forgiveness. Trust in the Lord with all your heart, do not depend on your own understanding. Seek His will inall you do and He will show you which path to take I would like to extend my gratitude and appreciation to the following people without whom this study would not have been possible:Prof G.A.J. van Dyk, my supervisor, I appreciate your motivation, leadership and guidance as well as the opportunity and freedom you gave me to learn and explore throughout the process of this research project. I have grown. Thank you for your patience and always being there.My husband, Anton and children (Carmen and Henk) for your patience, understanding and support. We may finally take the pause-button off our lives.My loyal and patient family and sincere friends, thank you for all your prayers and ongoing support -asking me how things were coming along and always telling me "you can do this," especially when I frequently had the "hare-in-the-headlights" look on my face. Thanks to my mother, Hetta, for all the extra help and support.Prof M. Kidd, from Stellenbosch University, for his assistance with the statistical analysis of this study.Dr H.J van Zyl for your prayers, encouragement and constantly challenging me to push myself, to believe in myself and to never give up.The Department of Industrial Psychology, Stellenbosch University, for equipping me with the necessary knowledge to produce this study.Stellenbosch University http://scholar.sun.ac.za v The SANDF, the organisation that allowed me the opportunity...

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A Longitudinal Study of Vocational Maturity and Ethnic Identity Development

Cited by 26 publications

References 24 publications

Validation of the short form of the career development inventory with an Iranian high school sample

Validation of the short form of the career development inventory with an Iranian high school sample

African American Student Athletes' Perceptions of Career Transition in Sport: a qualitative and visual elicitation

Factors influencing career maturity in the South African National Defence Force: A diagnostic approach

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