Journal of counseling psychology, 2013-04, Vol.60 (2), p.210-218
2013
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- Titel
- Financial Strain and Regional Unemployment as Barriers to Job Search Self-Efficacy: A Test of Social Cognitive Career Theory
- Ist Teil von
- Journal of counseling psychology, 2013-04, Vol.60 (2), p.210-218
- Ort / Verlag
- Washington, DC: American Psychological Association
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2013
- Quelle
- Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)
- Beschreibungen/Notizen
- Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) emphasizes the potential impact of contextual barriers on vocational self-efficacy, interests, and goals. However, most tests of SCCT to date have focused exclusively on person-level, perceptual barriers rather than objective, macroeconomic barriers that may influence large groups of people. In this study, we examine how the effects of personal experiences with financial strain among a sample of adults who are unemployed are qualified by regional unemployment rates. Results indicated that financial strain has a direct, negative relation with job search self-efficacy, and indirect, negative relations with job search outcome expectations and search goals. These direct and indirect relations are moderated by unemployment rates and are only significant for participants residing in U.S. counties with high unemployment. These findings highlight the importance of taking into account broader contextual influences when studying vocational outcomes and demonstrate the applicability of incorporating macroeconomic barriers and supports into SCCT in future research.
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Identifikatoren
- ISSN: 0022-0167eISSN: 1939-2168DOI: 10.1037/a0031492Titel-ID: cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1373492073
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- Schlagworte
- Adolescent, Adult, Aspirations (Psychology), Barriers, Biological and medical sciences, Career Choice, Career Development, Cognition & reasoning, Context Effect, Counseling psychology, Counties, Cross-Sectional Studies, Data Collection, Economic conditions, Economic Recession, Female, Financial Problems, Financial Strain, Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology, Geographic Regions, Goals, Hardship, Human, Humans, Internal-External Control, Job Application, Job hunting, Job Search, Job Search Methods, Large groups, Macroeconomics, Male, Measures (Individuals), Middle Aged, Motivation, Occupational Guidance, Occupational psychology, Pilot Projects, Poverty - psychology, Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry, Psychology. Psychophysiology, Quality of Life - psychology, Self Efficacy, Selfefficacy, Social Cognition, Social Perception, Stress, Surveys, Surveys and Questionnaires, Theories, Unemployed people, Unemployment, Unemployment - psychology, Unemployment - statistics & numerical data, United States, Young Adult