The identification with an occupation is a challenge most adolescents face in their transition
into adulthood. Psychosocial development theory suggests that adolescents' identification …

Illinois State University, Normal, IL k W hen John Holland introduced a theory of vocational
choice in k 1959, his goal was to present a framework that would be pracselor in …

In this chapter, I describe advances as well as problems that interfere with advances in
career development theories. To provide a context for this approach, I first discuss the need …

Global socio-economic trends in the world of work, especially in transitional societies like
South Africa, confront adolescents with career challenges that require a clear sense of self …

Vocational interests can be defined as standards of preference, aversion or indifference to
professional activities, but little is known about the factors involved in their development …

Os estudantes de Psicologia devem realizar escolhas profissionais durante o curso,
podendo vivenciar um período angustiante. O objetivo deste artigo foi buscar evidências de …

Despite findings suggesting that perfectionism may have important implications for
individuals' career development, little research has examined adaptive and maladaptive …

This chapter looks at the intersection of the vocational interest and meaningful work
literatures. It draws on theories of meaningful work to explain why and how people with …

Critical thinking is considered important in the academic fields because it enables one to
analyze, evaluate, explain, and restructure their thinking, thereby decreasing the risk of …

Unrotated factor analyses of interest data have consistently yielded a general factor of
interests, an overarching factor with uniformly high loadings across interest subscales and …