Testing an Integrative Contextual Career Development Model With Adolescents From High‐Poverty Urban Areas

Variations in the economic recovery rate across the United States have led to even greater chasms that separate the employed, unemployed, and underemployed (DeSilver, ). Therefore, understanding and supporting the career development of future generations is critical—especially for those who live out...

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Published in:The Career development quarterly 2018-09, Vol.66 (3), p.220-232
Main Authors: Conkel‐Ziebell, Julia L., Turner, Sherri L., Gushue, George V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Adolescents
adolescents from high‐poverty urban areas
Analysis
Career advancement
Career Choice
Career Counseling
Career Development
Career development planning
career development skills
Career Exploration
Child development
College students
Control Groups
Decision making
Economic aspects
Educational assessment
Educational evaluation
Goal setting
Inner city
integrative contextual model of career development
Learning
model testing
Occupations
Poverty
Secondary schools
Skills
Social support
Teenagers
Urban areas
Urban poor
viable career choice goals
Youth
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Summary:Variations in the economic recovery rate across the United States have led to even greater chasms that separate the employed, unemployed, and underemployed (DeSilver, ). Therefore, understanding and supporting the career development of future generations is critical—especially for those who live outside the context of social privilege. The authors examined the applicability of the integrative contextual model of career development (ICM; Lapan, ) to a sample of 220 adolescents (129 boys, 91 girls) from a high‐poverty urban area. Results indicated that a canonical variate comprising foundational ICM skills (e.g., career exploration, goal setting) predicted a variate composed of ICM outcomes (e.g., self‐efficacy, vocational identity), thus supporting the usefulness of the ICM framework for this population. The skill of setting viable career goals was an especially strong predictor of outcomes. Implications for career counseling with adolescents living in high‐poverty urban areas and directions for future research are discussed.
ISSN:0889-4019
2161-0045
DOI:10.1002/cdq.12144