Career‐Related Parent Support and Career Barriers: An Investigation of Contextual Variables |
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| Authors: | Trisha L. Raque‐Bogdan Elizabeth A. Klingaman Helena M. Martin Margaretha S. Lucas |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Counseling Center, University of Maryland;2. VA Capitol Health Care Network Mental Illness Research, Education, and Clinical Center, Baltimore, Maryland;3. VA Maryland Health Care System, Baltimore, Maryland;4. and Department of Psychiatry, University of Maryland School of Medicine;5. Counseling Center, The Catholic University of America |
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| Abstract: | The authors used social cognitive career theory (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994 ) as the basis for examining the person and contextual variables of gender, ethnicity, educational and career barriers, and career‐related parent support for incoming 1st‐year African American, Asian, Latino, and White college students. Women, as compared to men, perceived significantly higher levels of career barriers but similar levels of coping efficacy in dealing with these barriers. Women also reported receiving more career‐related emotional support from parents than did men. For all participants, career‐related parent support accounted for a significant portion of the variance for perceptions of educational and career barriers and coping efficacy with educational and career barriers. |
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| Keywords: | career‐related parent support career barriers gender ethnicity |
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