scholarly journals Experimental manipulation of vocational interests: Influence on self-efficacy and choice goals

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena Sylvia Bonitz
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
Choice Goals

Interests, self-efficacy, and choice goals: An experimental manipulation

2010 ◽  
Vol 76 (2) ◽  
pp. 223-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Verena S. Bonitz ◽  
Lisa M. Larson ◽  
Patrick Ian Armstrong
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
Choice Goals

Yes I Can!

2015 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
pp. 76-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dries Vervecken ◽  
Bettina Hannover
Keyword(s):  
Middle Childhood ◽  
Gender Stereotypes ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Primary School Students ◽  
School Students ◽  
Employment Goals ◽  
Linguistic Intervention ◽  
Male Occupations ◽  
Linguistic Backgrounds

Many countries face the problem of skill shortage in traditionally male occupations. Individuals’ development of vocational interests and employment goals starts as early as in middle childhood and is strongly influenced by perceptions of job accessibility (status and difficulty) and self-efficacy beliefs. In this study, we tested a linguistic intervention to strengthen children’s self-efficacy toward stereotypically male occupations. Two classroom experiments with 591 primary school students from two different linguistic backgrounds (Dutch or German) showed that the presentation of occupational titles in pair forms (e.g., Ingenieurinnen und Ingenieure, female and male engineers), rather than in generic masculine forms (Ingenieure, plural for engineers), boosted children’s self-efficacy with regard to traditionally male occupations, with the effect fully being mediated by perceptions that the jobs are not as difficult as gender stereotypes suggest. The discussion focuses on linguistic interventions as a means to increase children’s self-efficacy toward traditionally male occupations.

Pre-Test Experience and Memory Performance in Older Adults: The Impact of Test Anxiety and Self-Efficacy

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marina G Cavuoto ◽  
Stella Franzese ◽  
Glynda J Kinsella
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Test Anxiety ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Memory Performance ◽  
Experimental Manipulation ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Experimental Conditions ◽  
Post Test ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Test Failure

Abstract Objective The objective of this paper is to investigate the role of test anxiety and memory self-efficacy on memory performances in older adults. Method One hundred cognitively normal, community-dwelling older adults aged 65+ participated used in this experimental study. Participants completed baseline evaluations (including pre-test anxiety) prior to being assigned to one of two experimental conditions in which they experienced either success or failure on a verbal test. They subsequently completed post-test anxiety ratings, a measure of memory self-efficacy (Memory Self-Efficacy Questionnaire), and standardized tasks of working memory and verbal episodic memory. Results Following experimental manipulation, participants in the pre-test failure condition demonstrated higher anxiety and lower memory performances. Hierarchical regression revealed that change in anxiety from pre-test to post-test predicted memory performances and mediation analyses demonstrated that these effects were explained by lower memory self-efficacy. Conclusions For older adults, experiencing test failure prior to memory testing may result in increased test anxiety and lower memory self-efficacy leading to poorer memory performance. This has implications for diagnostic cognitive assessment for older people.

Longitudinal relations of self-efficacy to outcome expectations, interests, and major choice goals in engineering students

2008 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 328-335 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W. Lent ◽  
Hung-Bin Sheu ◽  
Daniel Singley ◽  
Janet A. Schmidt ◽  
Linda C. Schmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Major Choice ◽  
Choice Goals

Relation of self-efficacy to inventoried vocational interests

1989 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 279-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert W Lent ◽  
Kevin C Larkin ◽  
Steven D Brown
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Vocational Interests

Career Self-Efficacy, Career Outcome Expectations and Vocational Interests among Japanese University Students

2004 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomoko Adachi
Keyword(s):  
University Students ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Social Cognitive ◽  
Cognitive Theory ◽  
Outcome Expectations ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Japanese University ◽  
The Social ◽  
Career Model ◽  
Vocational Preference

The Social Cognitive Career Model proposes that career interests arise from beliefs about capability to execute a course of activity (self-efficacy), and beliefs about the consequences of performing particular activities (outcome expectations). In our study, 301 Japanese university students were given questionnaires including the Vocational Preference Inventory and scales assessing Career Self-efficacy and Career-outcome Expectations. Hierarchical multiple regression analyses indicated both self-efficacy and outcome expectations were significantly related to vocational interests. Outcome expectations accounted for significant incremental variance in explaining interests across six of Holland's vocational environments. Implications of social cognitive theory for career development and interventions among Japanese university students are discussed.

Diverse Pathways of Psychology Majors: Vocational Interests, Self-Efficacy, and Intentions

2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-93 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick J. Rottinghaus ◽  
Abigail R. Gaffey ◽  
Fred H. Borgen ◽  
Christopher A. Ralston
Keyword(s):  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
Psychology Majors

scholarly journals Vocational interests and professional choice self-efficacy of adolescents and youngsters

2020 ◽  
Vol 37 ◽  
Author(s):  
Camélia Santina MURGO ◽  
Leonardo de Oliveira BARROS ◽  
Bárbara Cristina Soares SENA
Keyword(s):  
Public Schools ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Vocational Interests ◽  
The Self ◽  
General Level ◽  
Directed Search ◽  
The Social ◽  
Social Interests ◽  
Social Type ◽  
Type Of School

Abstract This study aimed to analyze the relationships between self-efficacy beliefs and professional interests of 613 adolescents and young people from the interior of the State of São Paulo, Brazil, aged 15-19 years (M = 16.65; SD = 0.75) of which 350 were female, coming from public (84%) and private (15.8%) schools. The instruments used were the Self-Directed Search Career Explorer and the Self-Efficacy Scale for Professional Choice. Women had higher mean in the Social type and men in the Realistic, Entrepreneurial and Conventional types. In self-efficacy for professional choice, students from private schools revealed higher mean than students from public schools. The general level of self-efficacy was explained by investigative, artistic, social interests and type of school. The results also indicate the importance of analyzing the differences found in gender interests. In addition, the study can contribute to the work of counselors regarding the insertion of discussions that help adolescents to understand the influences of interests and self-efficacy in the construction of professional projects, besides bringing more systematic data on the articulation between such constructs.

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