Career Development Among College Students of Color: Relations Among Ethnic Identity, Discrimination, College Self-Efficacy, and Career Aspirations

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
John A. McCullagh ◽  
Nnenna Lindsay ◽  
Yoshitaro Oba ◽  
Rachel L. Navarro
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Aspirations

Understanding the Career Development of Underprepared College Students

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 452-469 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amber N. Hughes ◽  
Melinda M. Gibbons
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Locus Of Control ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Family Influence ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Career Theory ◽  
Underprepared College Students

The purpose of this study was to examine the career development of underprepared college students using relational career theory. Specifically, the constructs of family influence, locus of control, and career decision-making self-efficacy were explored as they relate to perceived success in college. Significant correlations between external locus of control and family expectations, financial support, and values and beliefs were found indicating that greater family influence is related to external control. Additionally, higher levels of career decision-making self-efficacy were related to internal locus of control and informational support from family. These findings support previous research as well as theorized relational career theory connections.

Relational Health, Ethnic Identity, and Well-Being of College Students of Color

2014 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 473-496 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christa K. Schmidt ◽  
Sarah Piontkowski ◽  
Trisha L. Raque-Bogdan ◽  
Kathryn Schaefer Ziemer
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Relational Health

Perceptions of Discrimination Predict Retention of College Students of Color: Connections with School Belonging and Ethnic Identity

2022 ◽  
pp. 152102512110705
Author(s):  
Christia Spears Brown ◽  
Ellen L. Usher ◽  
Carly Coleman ◽  
Jaeyun Han
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Ethnic Identity ◽  
Students Of Color ◽  
School Belonging ◽  
Ethnic Discrimination ◽  
Predominantly White Institution ◽  
Identity Centrality ◽  
Second Year ◽  
First Year College Students ◽  
Academic Retention

This longitudinal study examines (a) whether perceptions of ethnic discrimination during the first weeks of college predicted later school belonging among first-year college students of color ( N  =  638) attending a predominantly White institution (PWI), (b) whether school belonging, in turn, predicted retention to the second year, and (c) whether ethnic identity centrality buffered the effects of discrimination on school belonging and academic retention. Participants completed measures of ethnic discrimination and identity near the beginning of the first semester and school belonging at the end of the semester. Academic data from the fall of the second year were obtained from school records. Tests of moderated mediation revealed that perceptions of discrimination at the beginning of college had an indirect effect on retention in the second year of college, as mediated by lowered school belonging, but only for students with low and moderate (but not high) ethnic identity centrality.

Applying Self Efficacy Theory to Counseling College Students with Disabilities

1998 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lisa M. Conyers ◽  
Mary Schaefer Enright ◽  
David R. Strauser
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
Students With Disabilities ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Coping Behaviors ◽  
Efficacy Expectations ◽  
College Students With Disabilities ◽  
Sources Of Efficacy ◽  
And Coping

Self-Efficacy is a construct that refers to an individual's perception of his or her skills and abilities to act effectively and competently, and how these beliefs influence actions and coping behaviors, the situations and environments that individuals choose to access, and their persistence in performing certain tasks (Bandura, 1977). This paper provides an overview of Bandura's self-efficacy theory, specifically discussing efficacy expectations, sources of efficacy expectations and perception, and interpretation of efficacy information. Applications of self-efficacy theory to college students with disabilities will be discussed in terms of assisting individuals in dealing with academic concerns, career development, and social integration.

Cultural Factors, Perceived Barriers, and Asian American Career Development

2017 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 649-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
Neeta Kantamneni ◽  
Kavitha Dharmalingam ◽  
Grant Orley ◽  
Sutha K. Kanagasingam
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Asian American ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Cultural Factors ◽  
Perceived Barriers ◽  
Efficacy Outcome ◽  
Asian American College Students

Contextual factors can play an important and influential role in the career development of Asian American students. The purpose of this study was to examine how specific cultural factors, such as ethnic identity, internalization of Asian American stereotypes, Asian values, parental influences, and perceived barriers, predicted Asian American college students’ self-efficacy, outcome expectations, and interests in occupations and academic areas in which Asian Americans are highly represented. Two social cognitive career theory models were tested in this study: the first model examined how distal and proximal contextual influences predicted self-efficacy and interests in occupations with high Asian American representation and the second model examined how distal and proximal contextual variables predicted math and science self-efficacy, outcome expectations, goals, and intentions. Three hundred and eighty-one Asian American college students participated in this study. The findings from path analyses found a strong fit for the first model, suggesting that distal and proximal contextual factors predicted self-efficacy and interests in occupations with high Asian American representation. An adequate fit was found for the second model. The findings from this study provide psychologists and counselors with a more nuanced understanding of how career decisions are made for Asian American college students.

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