Development of occupational aspiration prestige: A piecewise latent growth model of selected influences

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• 作者：In Heok Lee ; Jay W. Rojewski
• 关键词：Career aspirations ; Career development ; Latent growth modeling ; Longitudinal study
• 刊名：Journal of Vocational Behavior
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：August 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：75
• 期：1
• 页码：82-90
• 全文大小：261 K

文摘

Using the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) data sets, the complex phenomenon of intra-individual and inter-individual differences in and the potential predictors of those differences on career aspirations development over a 12-year period was analyzed. Results indicated that 73.1 % of the total growth (change) in adolescents’ occupational aspiration prestige scores were achieved between grades 8–10, while 26.9 % of growth was achieved between grades 10 and 12. One-third of the total growth in the occupational aspiration scores of these individuals as young adults was observed between high school graduation and 2 years after graduation, while 67.4 % of the total growth was obtained during the period between 2 and 8 years after high school graduation. Individuals with higher initial aspiration scores experienced slower growth in aspirations than those with lower initial aspirations. A negative association between career aspiration prestige scores in grade 12 and 8 years post-graduation existed.