The Role of Parental Influences on Young Adolescents' Career Development

Abstract

The relationship between specific parental behaviors and the career development of young adolescents was assessed. Regression analyses revealed that parental behaviors did relate to the career development of middle school students, after controlling for student grade level and gender. Parental behaviors tended to relate more to career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) than to career maturity, and general psychosocial parenting behaviors appeared to be more salient than career-focused parent behaviors. Five specific behaviors were found to be predictive of participants' career development. The discrepancy between adolescents' and parents' views of family relationships was also shown to relate to the adolescents' career decisionmaking self-efficacy. The results from the current study further expand on the results from other studies in this area by providing insight into the effects of specific parental behaviors. Implications for research and practice are discussed.

Decision Making Styles: A Systematic Review of Their Associations with Parenting

“…The final sample of 14 studies included in the systematic review consisted of eleven cross-sectional studies (Cheung et al 2014;Parishani and Nilforooshan 2014;Sovet and Metz 2014;Yang et al 2014;Michael et al 2013;Pérez and Cumsille 2012;Commendador 2011;Koumoundourou et al 2011;Dogan and Kazak 2010;Lease and Dahlbeck 2009;Keller and Whiston 2008) and three longitudinal studies (Euser et al 2013;Wolff and Crockett 2011;Germeijs and Verschueren 2009). The geographical location of the studies included four studies in the United States (Commendador 2011;Wolff and Crockett 2011;Lease and Dahlbeck 2009;Keller and Whiston 2008), three studies in Europe (Belgium, South Holland and Greece) (Euser et al 2013;Koumoundourou et al 2011;Germeijs and Verschueren 2009), three studies in Asia (Cheung et al 2014;Parishani and Nilforooshan 2014;Michael et al 2013), one study in South America (Chile) (Pérez and Cumsille 2012) one study from Turkey, which is between Europe and Asia (Dogan and Kazak 2010), and two intercontinental studies, (Sovet and Metz 2014) and the other between the United States and Asia (Canada and China) (Yang et al 2014).…”

“…The geographical location of the studies included four studies in the United States (Commendador 2011;Wolff and Crockett 2011;Lease and Dahlbeck 2009;Keller and Whiston 2008), three studies in Europe (Belgium, South Holland and Greece) (Euser et al 2013;Koumoundourou et al 2011;Germeijs and Verschueren 2009), three studies in Asia (Cheung et al 2014;Parishani and Nilforooshan 2014;Michael et al 2013), one study in South America (Chile) (Pérez and Cumsille 2012) one study from Turkey, which is between Europe and Asia (Dogan and Kazak 2010), and two intercontinental studies, (Sovet and Metz 2014) and the other between the United States and Asia (Canada and China) (Yang et al 2014). The ages of the participants in the studies ranged from 7 to 26 years.…”

“…The parenting approaches were grouped into being either positive or negative parenting approaches based on the definition of the approaches used in the studies examined (Table 6). Nineteen parenting approaches were identified in the 14 studies reviewed; the negative parenting approach was the most prevalent parenting approach in the reviewed studies (Cheung et al 2014;Parishani and Nilforooshan 2014;Yang et al 2014;Euser et al 2013;Pérez and Cumsille 2012;Koumoundourou et al 2011;Commendador 2011;Dogan and Kazak 2010;Lease and Dahlbeck 2009), and positive parenting the least prevalent (Parishani and Nilforooshan 2014;Yang et al 2014;Michael et al 2013;Wolff and Crockett 2011;Dogan and Kazak 2010;Germeijs and Verschueren 2009;Keller and Whiston 2008). The studies by Parishani and Nilforooshan (2014), Yang et al (2014), Sovet and Metz (2014) and Dogan and Kazak (2010) included both positive and negative parenting approaches.…”

“…When considering the associations from the perspective of an adaptive and maladaptive decision making style, six studies had a positive association between the adaptive decision making style and positive parenting approaches (Yang et al 2014;Michael et al 2013;Wolff and Crockett 2011;Dogan and Kazak 2010;Germeijs and Verschueren 2009;Keller and Whiston 2008) (Tables 4, 5). Maladaptive decision making, however, was positively associated with ten negative parenting approaches in seven studies (Cheung et al 2014;Yang et al 2014;Euser et al 2013;Pérez and Cumsille 2012;Commendador 2011;Koumoundourou et al 2011;Dogan and Kazak 2010) (Tables 4, 5).…”

Aspects Regarding Adolescent’s Indecision On Career Choice

“…• Parent Career Behaviour Checklist -PCBC (Keller and Whiston, 2008) which has 24 items grouped in two scales;…”