Impact of Parental Pressure, Parental Support, and Stereotyping on Asian Americans' Career Development

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frances C. Shen ◽  
Stacey Windisch ◽  
Lucy Parker ◽  
Andrew Hathaway ◽  
Robert Torrence ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Career Development ◽  
Asian Americans ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Parental Pressure

Parental Suport for Female IT Career Interest and Choice

2011 ◽  
pp. 963-969 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peggy S. Meszaros ◽  
Anne Laughlin ◽  
Elizabeth G. Creamer ◽  
Carol J. Burger ◽  
Soyoung Lee
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Career Choice ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Female Children ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Male Model ◽  
Development Literature ◽  
Career Advising

Although adolescents become progressively independent from their parents in the high-school years, they continue to depend heavily on parents in the area of career development (Peterson, Stivers, & Peters, 1986; Sebald, 1989). The role of parental support in children’s career choice has been demonstrated empirically in the career-development literature (Altman, 1997; Fisher & Griggs, 1994; Ketterson & Blustein, 1997; Kracke, 1997; Way & Rossman, 1996). Researchers have found that parents impact career choice more than counselors, teachers, friends, other relatives, or people working in the field of interest (Kotrlik & Harrison, 1989), but are not adequately informed about how to help (Young, Friesen, & Borycki, 1994). Although parents hold a powerful role in the career advising of both their male and female children, most of the reported studies use a male model and focus. Researchers are beginning to develop a knowledge base for the career development of girls and the unique issues they face in deciding on a career. Greater understanding of these issues is urgent, especially as females are recruited into nontraditional fields like information technology. This article will review research on parental support for female career choice, including the research findings from the Women and Information Technology (WIT, 2002-2005) project funded by the National Science Foundation.

scholarly journals Long-Term Effect of Parents’ Support on Adolescents’ Career Maturity

2017 ◽  
Vol 46 (1) ◽  
pp. 48-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sun Ah Lim ◽  
Sukkyung You
Keyword(s):  
Sex Differences ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Career Maturity ◽  
Study Finding ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Developmental Differences ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Relationship

The purpose of this study was to identify the factors influencing adolescents’ career development. Using three-wave longitudinal data (Seoul Education Longitudinal Study2010), we examined the direct and indirect effects of parents’ support on career maturity, in addition to the mediating effect of self-esteem in the relationship between parents’ support and career maturity. We also examined the sex differences in the relationship among the variables. The subjects of this research were 4,187 adolescents who progressed from seventh grade in 2010 to ninth grade in 2012. The results are as follows: First, parental support has differential effects on career maturity via self-esteem. Second, in the longitudinal relationship of parents’ support, self-esteem, and career maturity, the developmental differences according to sex were supported empirically. This study finding suggests that it is possible to enhance adolescents’ career development by proper interventions in the period of adolescence which take into consideration these sex differences.

Parental career-specific behaviours and adolescent career adaptability

2020 ◽  
Vol 45 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-50
Author(s):  
Mara Šimunović ◽  
Iva Šverko ◽  
Toni Babarović
Keyword(s):  
High School Students ◽  
Career Development ◽  
Parental Support ◽  
Parenting Practices ◽  
Parental Influences ◽  
Major Influence ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
School Students ◽  
Counselling Interventions ◽  
The Relationship

Parents are a major influence on adolescents' career development. However, past studies have mostly explored general rather than career-specific parenting aspects. According to Dietrich and Kracke (2009) parental support, parental interference, and lack of parental career engagement are basic dimensions of career-specific parental behaviours. This study examined the relationship between these parental behaviours and career adaptability in a sample of high school students (N = 197; Mage = 16.79). The data were collected in a group online testing. Student career adaptability was measured with the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale (Savickas & Porfeli, 2012) and parental career-specific behaviours were measured by the scale developed by Dietrich and Kracke (2009). Parental support emerged as the most important positive predictor of career adaptability since it predicted both global career adaptability and separate dimensions. Parental interference negatively predicted career control, career confidence, and overall career adaptability but only when parents' career engagement was higher. The results point out that in understanding parental influences in students' career development it is important to consider different parenting practices and also examine separate students' career adaptability resources. Parents should be helped to recognise their career-related parenting practices and to understand the potential of these behaviours in facilitating their children's career adaptability. Special counselling interventions should be provided for students who perceive that their parents are not providing enough career-related support.

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