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Sodano, Sandro M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2011
Vocational interests and interpersonal dispositions have been well researched in adults from the perspectives of Holland's RIASEC (1997) model of interests and the Interpersonal Circumplex (IPC), respectively. Few studies have applied either model to children and no studies have examined their overlap in children. A vector fitting procedure was…
Descriptors: Vocational Interests, Personality, Competence, Grade 6
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Liang, Belle; Spencer, Renee; Brogan, Deirdre; Corral, Macarena – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
This study compared perceptions of mentoring relationships among early adolescents, middle adolescents, and emerging adults. In ten focus groups, 56 middle school, high school, and college students described relational experiences that were analyzed thematically. Differences in the characteristics of the mentors nominated by the youth across the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Interpersonal Relationship, Early Adolescents, Adolescents
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Tracey, Terence J. G.; Lent, Robert W.; Brown, Steven D.; Soresi, Salvatore; Nota, Laura – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2006
We explored the ''idiothetic'' cognitive structure of RIASEC occupational percepts in a sample of Italian middle and high school students over a one year period, examining the possible bidirectional linkages between cognitive-vocational structure, involvement in career exploration activities, and exposure to authoritative parenting style. The…
Descriptors: Cognitive Structures, Interest Inventories, Foreign Countries, Middle School Students