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Sawitri, Dian R.; Creed, Peter A.; Zimmer-Gembeck, Melanie J. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2014
Using social cognitive career theory, we examined the relationships between parental variables (parental career expectations, adolescent-parent career congruence) and adolescent career aspirations and career actions (planning, exploration) in a sample of Grade 10 Indonesian high school students. We found good support for a model that revealed…
Descriptors: Collectivism, Rural Areas, Parent Influence, Adolescents
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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
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Albien, A. J.; Kidd, M.; Naidoo, A. V.; Maree, J. G. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2020
In the present research study, key career adaptability constructs and the extent to which these constructs are relevant in a non-Western and developing world context were explored. The Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (CAAS) was administered to 396 Grade 11 isiXhosa speaking high school students from a low-income township in South Africa (M[subscript…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Career Development, Vocational Adjustment, Measures (Individuals)
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Fusco, L.; Sica, L. S.; Boiano, A.; Esposito, S.; Aleni Sestito, L. – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2019
This study focused on the relations between vocational identity, future orientation, and resilience. Southern Italian high school students (N = 342) were assessed using the Vocational Identity Scale Assessment (VISA) and Design My Future to evaluate future orientation and resilience. Future orientation and resilience were correlated positively…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Identification (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Adolescents
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Skovhus, Randi Boelskifte; Poulsen, Bo Klindt – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2021
This article explores a new approach to career education and career guidance activities within compulsory education, with a shift in focus from students' immediate choices to supporting curiosity and an open-minded expansion of horizons. Sen's concept of capability and approach to social justice plays a central role. A Danish project on career…
Descriptors: Compulsory Education, Career Guidance, Career Exploration, Career Education
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Vanhalakka-Ruoho, Marjatta – International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2010
Relational aspects in the life-designing of young people are the focus of this article. These aspects consist of the involvement and use of one's relational network in life-designing. The data consists of 146 narratives of young people, 111 ninth graders in comprehensive school and 35 students in upper secondary school. The research question…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Adolescents, Grade 9, Secondary School Students