A study of Adolescent Career Thoughts

This study used ordinary least squares multiple
regressions to examine 10th-, 11th, and 12th-grade
Career and Technical High (CTC) School students
gender, student disability, student grade, highest
education level of most educated parent, parental
attachment, and parental involvement on career
thoughts and its constructs of Decision Making
Confusion (DCM), Commitment Anxiety (CA), and
External Conflict (EC). In addition, Cohen s d effect
sizes and confidence intervals were used to examine
for statistically significant difference in 11th- and
12th-grade CTC high school students Career Thoughts
Inventory (CTI) dysfunctional career thinking total
scores and subscale scores of DMC, CA, and EC
compared to 11th- and 12th-grade academic high school
students CTI global and subscale scores. Results for
376 CTC high school students suggested that parental
attachment subscale scores of Trust and Alienation
contributed to dysfunctional career thinking scores
and its subscale scores. Findings between 299 CTC
high school students and 396 academic high school
students indicate no practical significance for
career thoughts total and CA scores but practical
significance for DCM and EC scores.

Autorentext

Dr Parrillo has worked with teens and their families for over 10years in a variety of settings that include private privatepractice, high school, and correctional institutions. Hecurrently works in a high school setting providing career,social, and personal counseling to students.

Klappentext

This study used ordinary least squares multipleregressions to examine 10th-, 11th, and 12th-gradeCareer and Technical High (CTC) School students'gender, student disability, student grade, highesteducation level of most educated parent, parentalattachment, and parental involvement on careerthoughts and its constructs of Decision MakingConfusion (DCM), Commitment Anxiety (CA), andExternal Conflict (EC). In addition, Cohen's d effectsizes and confidence intervals were used to examinefor statistically significant difference in 11th- and12th-grade CTC high school students' Career ThoughtsInventory (CTI) dysfunctional career thinking totalscores and subscale scores of DMC, CA, and ECcompared to 11th- and 12th-grade academic high schoolstudents CTI global and subscale scores. Results for376 CTC high school students suggested that parentalattachment subscale scores of Trust and Alienationcontributed to dysfunctional career thinking scoresand its subscale scores. Findings between 299 CTChigh school students and 396 academic high schoolstudents indicate no practical significance forcareer thoughts total and CA scores but practicalsignificance for DCM and EC scores.