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Iliescu, Dragos; Ispas, Dan; Ilie, Alexandra; Ion, Andrei – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2013
Using data provided by the Self-Directed Search (SDS) on a sample of 1,519 participants comprising 3 subsamples containing high school students, university students, and working adults, the authors examine the structure of vocational interests in Romania. Three competing structural models of vocational interests (Holland's circumplex model and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Vocational Interests, Structural Equation Models, High School Students
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Ojeda, Lizette; Flores, Lisa Y.; Navarro, Rachel L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2011
In this study, we used Lent's (2004) social cognitive model of well being to examine the academic and life satisfaction of 457 Mexican American college students attending a Hispanic-Serving Institution. Using structural equation modeling, results indicated that the model provided a good fit to the data. Specifically, we found positive relations…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Attitudes, Life Satisfaction, Structural Equation Models
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Blodgett Salafia, Elizabeth H.; Gondoli, Dawn M.; Corning, Alexandra F.; McEnery, Amanda M.; Grundy, Amber M. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2007
Burgeoning research on the adolescent (e.g., middle-school) years suggests that this is a particularly vulnerable period for the development of maladaptive eating patterns. Prior research has established a link between perceptions of maternal parenting practices and adolescent onset of problematic eating behaviors. The authors hypothesized that…
Descriptors: Grade 8, Psychology, Females, Child Rearing
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Navarro, Rachel L.; Flores, Lisa Y.; Worthington, Robert L. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2007
This study examined whether sociocontextual and sociocognitive variables explained the math/science goals of 409 Mexican American youth using a modified version of R. W. Lent, S. D. Brown, and G. Hackett's (1994) social cognitive career theory. Results from structural equation modeling indicated that the hypothesized model explained a significant…
Descriptors: Middle School Students, Structural Equation Models, Self Efficacy, Social Class