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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Who Seeks Career Counselling? A Prospective Study of Personality and Career Variables among Swiss Adolescents
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Balin, Elif; Hirschi, Andreas – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2010
This study investigated whether career adaptability, personality, attitude towards career counselling and some demographic variables predict the help seeking behaviour in career counselling among 330 Swiss adolescents in eighth grade. The results indicated that boys were less likely to seek help and that career related variables and attitude but…
Descriptors: Help Seeking, Personality, Adolescents, Grade 8
Individual Predictors of Adolescents' Vocational Interest Stabilities
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Hirschi, Andreas – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2010
The study investigated the predictive utility of interest profile differentiation, coherence, elevation, congruence, and vocational identity commitment and career maturity (career planning and exploration) on the 10-month interest stability of 292 Swiss eighth-grade students: profile, rank, and level stabilities were assessed. Controlling for…
Descriptors: Vocational Maturity, Career Planning, Vocational Interests, Profiles