Positive career orientation as an inhibitor of adolescent problem behaviour
Positive career orientation as an inhibitor of adolescent problem behaviour
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DOI:
10.1016/j.adolescence.2006.02.004
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发表时间:
2007-02-01
影响因子:
3.8
通讯作者:
Vondracek, Fred W.
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作者:
Skorikov, Vladimir;Vondracek, Fred W.
This study tested the hypothesis that positive career orientation can prevent adolescents from engaging in or escalating problem behaviour. A 1-year, longitudinal study was conducted on a sample of 234 junior-high and high-school students, who were 14.8 years old on the average in the beginning of the study. Using structural equation modeling, a developmental, two-wave, two-factor empirical model corresponding to the predicted relationships between career orientation and problem behaviour was found to fit the data well. According to the fitted model, positive career orientation had a significant negative longitudinal effect on problem behaviour. In contrast, we found no evidence in support of the assumption that career orientation can be affected by problematic behavioural tendencies. (c) 2006 The Association for Professionals in Services for Adolescents. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.