ERIC Number: EJ1063155
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 13
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ISSN: EISSN-2164-3989
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The Roles of Negative Career Thinking and Career Problem-Solving Self-Efficacy in Career Exploratory Behavior
Bullock-Yowell, Emily; Katz, Sheba P.; Reardon, Robert C.; Peterson, Gary W.
Professional Counselor, v2 n2 p102-114 2012
The respective roles of social cognitive career theory and cognitive information processing in career exploratory behavior were analyzed. A verified path model shows cognitive information processing theory's negative career thoughts inversely predict social cognitive career theory's career problem-solving self-efficacy, which predicts career exploratory behavior. The model suggests an intervention sequence to facilitate college student career development and exploration. A hypothetical case is provided as well as a depiction of the cycle of information processing in career decision making.
Descriptors: Problem Solving, Self Efficacy, Career Development, Social Cognition, Cognitive Processes, Epistemology, Career Exploration, Predictor Variables, Predictive Measurement, Intervention, College Students, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students, Questionnaires, Likert Scales, Correlation, Structural Equation Models, Decision Making Skills, Negative Attitudes, Student Attitudes
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Assessments and Surveys: Career Decision Making Self Efficacy Scale; Career Thoughts Inventory
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