ERIC Number: EJ875829
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-Mar
Pages: 15
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ISSN: ISSN-0251-2513
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Individual Predictors of Adolescents' Vocational Interest Stabilities
Hirschi, Andreas
International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, v10 n1 p5-19 Mar 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 socio-demographic and vocational interest type variables, measures of differentiated and coherent vocational interests were significant predictors of profile stability. Interest elevation predicted more rank and level stability. The career development variables explained only a non-significant additional amount of variance in the different stability measures.
Descriptors: Vocational Maturity, Career Planning, Vocational Interests, Profiles, Career Development, Career Exploration, Predictor Variables, Predictive Measurement, Grade 8, Foreign Countries, Predictive Validity, Longitudinal Studies, Adolescents
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education; Grade 8
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Switzerland
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