| Career Preparation: A Longitudinal, Process-Oriented Examination. | |
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PMID: 21804641 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Preparing for an adult career through careful planning, choosing a career, and gaining confidence to achieve career goals is a primary task during adolescence and early adulthood. The current study bridged identity process literature and career construction theory (Savickas, 2005) by examining the commitment component of career adaptability, career preparation (i.e., career planning, career decision-making, and career confidence), from an identity process perspective (Luyckx, Goossens, & Soenens, 2006). Research has suggested that career preparation dimensions are interrelated during adolescence and early adulthood; however, what remains to be known is how each dimension changes over time and the interrelationships among the dimensions during the transition from high school. Drawing parallels between career preparation and identity development dimensions, the current study addressed these questions by examining the patterns of change in each career preparation dimension and parallel process models that tested associations among the slopes and intercepts of the career preparation dimensions. Results showed that the career preparation dimensions were not developing similarly over time, although each dimension was associated cross-sectionally and longitudinally with the other dimensions. Results also suggested that career planning and decision-making precede career confidence. The results of the current study supported career construction theory and showed similarities between the processes of career preparation and identity development. |
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Kate Stringer; Jennifer Kerpelman; Vladimir Skorikov |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE |
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Title: Journal of vocational behavior Volume: 79 ISSN: 0001-8791 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Aug |
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Created Date: 2011-8-1 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0330465 Medline TA: J Vocat Behav Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: 158-169 Citation Subset: - |
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Auburn University Department of Human Development and Family Studies 203 Spidle Hall Auburn University, AL 30349. |
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S06 GM008073-30S1//NIGMS NIH HHS |
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