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Lent, Robert W.; Sheu, Hung-Bin; Brown, Steven D. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 2010
Armstrong and Vogel (2009) proposed that the differences between self-efficacy and interests are a matter of measurement artifact rather than substance. In tests of this hypothesis, they conceived of self-efficacy and interest as observed indicators of larger RIASEC (Realistic, Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional) types…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Interests, Measurement, Longitudinal Studies
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Lent, Robert W.; Sheu, Hung-Bin; Gloster, Clay S.; Wilkins, Gregory – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2010
We tested the social cognitive model of choice (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) using a longitudinal design. Participants were 116 students taking beginning engineering courses at two historically Black universities. They completed measures of self-efficacy, outcome expectations, interests, goals, and environmental supports and barriers near the end…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Interests, Engineering, Social Cognition
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Lent, Robert W.; Sheu, Hung-Bin; Singley, Daniel; Schmidt, Janet A.; Schmidt, Linda C.; Gloster, Clay S. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 2008
We examined the nature of the temporal relations among the core person variables in the social cognitive model of academic and career choice [Lent, R. W., Brown, S. D., & Hackett, G. (1994). Toward a unifying social cognitive theory of career and academic interest, choice, and performance [Monograph]. "Journal of Vocational Behavior," 45,…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Career Choice, Interests, Engineering Education