ERIC Number: EJ750697
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2007-Feb
Pages: 16
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ISSN: ISSN-0140-1971
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Positive Career Orientation as an Inhibitor of Adolescent Problem Behaviour
Skorikov, Vladimir; Vondracek, Fred W.
Journal of Adolescence, v30 n1 p131-146 Feb 2007
This study tested the hypothesis that positive career orientation can prevent adolescents from engaging in or escalating problem behaviour. A 1-year, longitudinal study was conducted on a sample of 234 junior-high and high-school students, who were 14.8 years old on the average in the beginning of the study. Using structural equation modeling, a developmental, two-wave, two-factor empirical model corresponding to the predicted relationships between career orientation and problem behaviour was found to fit the data well. According to the fitted model, positive career orientation had a significant negative longitudinal effect on problem behaviour. In contrast, we found no evidence in support of the assumption that career orientation can be affected by problematic behavioural tendencies.
Descriptors: Career Planning, Structural Equation Models, Behavior Problems, Goodness of Fit, Models, Longitudinal Studies, Adolescents, Junior High School Students, High School Students, Student Behavior, Predictor Variables, Prevention, Hypothesis Testing
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Junior High Schools
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Language: English
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