ERIC Number: EJ1106161
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2016-Aug
Pages: 17
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Spanish High School Students' Interests in Technology: Applying Social Cognitive Career Theory
Inda-Caro, Mercedes; Rodríguez-Menéndez, Carmen; Peña-Calvo, José-Vicente
Journal of Career Development, v43 n4 p291-307 Aug 2016
The authors have examined the relative contribution of personal (emotional state, gender-role attitudes), contextual (perceived social supports and barriers), and cognitive (self-efficacy beliefs, outcome expectations) variables to technological interests in a sample (N = 2,364) of 10th-grade Spanish students. The results of path analysis supported social cognitive career theory (SCCT), indicating that technological self-efficacy contributed to technological interests and technological outcome expectations. Perceived social support and perceived social barriers were related to technological self-efficacy, technological outcome expectations, and technological interests. However, the results did not support the hypothesis that outcome expectations contribute to interests. Contrary to expectations, there was no influence of gender-role attitudes on technological self-efficacy, but gender-role attitudes did determine technological interests. Finally, our study demonstrated that emotional state influenced technological self-efficacy beliefs, technological outcome expectations, and technological interests. This research extends previous work in this area by examining an understudied group, Spanish teenage students.
Descriptors: High School Students, Social Cognition, Self Efficacy, Beliefs, Path Analysis, Sex Role, Adolescents, STEM Education, Career Development, Foreign Countries, Item Analysis, Attitudes, Statistical Analysis, Factor Analysis, Correlation, Cultural Context, Social Theories, Grade 10, Technology Uses in Education, Influence of Technology, Questionnaires, Student Interests
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: High Schools; Secondary Education; Grade 10
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Spain
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