A social cognitive perspective on occupational identity development in college students

Abstract Occupational identity is a central concept of career development, by providing a sense of direction and meaning across career development. This study aimed to examine how this concept can be associated with career processes through model formed by a set of socio-cognitive factors. The participants were 358 college students at a Brazilian university who completed measures of occupational identity, environmental supports and barriers, self-efficacy, goal progress, and academic satisfaction. Analysis indicates that the occupational identity status was partially well predicted by the combination of self-efficacy to cope with barriers, supports, academic satisfaction, and goal progress. These results highlight that students with a positive sense of competencies to deal with barriers and adequate levels of academic satisfaction would easily establish an occupational identity.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Vautero,Jaisso, Silva,Ana Daniela
Format:	Digital revista
Language:	English
Published:	Curso de Pós-Graduação em Psicologia da Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul 2022
Online Access:	http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722022000100228
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