ERIC Number: EJ792354
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2008-Apr
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-0167
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Adherence to RIASEC Structure as a Key Career Decision Construct
Tracey, Terence J. G.
Journal of Counseling Psychology, v55 n2 p146-157 Apr 2008
The present study examined the relation between individual cognitive structure and several key career decision variables. Specifically, in a sample of college students enrolled in a career development class, the usage of the RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) circumplex (adherence) was examined as it varied across individuals and with career certainty, career decision-making self-efficacy, and interest-occupation congruence. Individual adherence to the RIASEC circumplex as a cognitive structure was related to better career decision outcomes. Changes in adherence as a function of taking a career class were found to be associated with changes in career certainty, career decision-making self-efficacy, and interest-occupation congruence. The results support the importance of thinking about careers in a manner similar to the RIASEC circumplex and the potential value of direct instruction of this model. (Contains 3 figures, 2 tables and 2 footnotes.)
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Choice, Cognitive Structures, Career Development, College Students, Decision Making, Vocational Interests, Counseling Psychology, Intervention, Reliability, Teaching Assistants, Multivariate Analysis
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Career Decision Scale; Strong Interest Inventory
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