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A Study of Vocational Maturity during Adolescence and Locus of Control.

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Lokan, Janice J.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1982

Investigated the effect of locus of control on vocational maturity in a sample of Canadian high school students (N=700). Internal personalities scored higher than externals on various vocational maturity aspects. Found developmental aspects of Super's theory of adolescent vocational behavior largely substantiated. (Author/JAC)

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Foreign Countries, High School Students

Career Expectations and Aspirations of Adolescents.

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McNulty, William B.; Borgen, William A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1988

Explored agreement in occupational field between adolescents' career aspirations and expectations and influence of gender, grade in school, and locus of control on amount of agreement. Results from 500 secondary school students revealed little agreement in occupational field between career aspiration and expectation, and also indicated no grade,…

Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Congruence (Psychology), Expectation