This study examined the psychometric properties of the Career Adapt-Abilities Scale in a Lebanese sample. The study includes 236 Lebanese citizens (54.2% women; Mage = 30.14). Confirmatory factor analyses indicated that a hierarchical model yielded a good fit, with the CAAS measuring four distinct dimensions that can be combined in a higher-order career adaptability factor in a Lebanese sample. Results showed t...
The Teacher Support Scale has been used to assess students’ perceived teacher support in compulsory school years. However, the literature requires attention to perceived teacher support in higher education and to the referred measure’s psychometric properties. This study examines the factorial structure, invariance for sex, relations to other variables, and reliability of the Teacher Support Scale with a sample...
The Teacher Support Scale has been used to assess students’ perceived teacher support in compulsory school years. However, the literature requires attention to perceived teacher support in higher education and to the referred measure’s psychometric properties. This study examines the factorial structure, invariance for sex, relations to other variables, and reliability of the Teacher Support Scale with a sample...
Family influence is a key factor in many aspects of career development; however, very little research has examined the relationship between family and well-being. Drawing on social cognitive career theory, this study examined the influence of the family on college students' academic and overall life satisfaction. The participants were 312 college students at a south Brazilian university who completed measures o...
Occupational identity provides a sense of direction and meaning and helps to establish a framework to define occupational goals. One of most prominent frameworks for the study of occupational identity is Marcia’s identity status paradigm. The Dellas Identity Status Inventory was developed to assess occupational identity statuses according to Marcia’s framework. The aim of this study was to adapt and validate th...
O presente estudo é um trabalho exploratório a respeito da influência familiar na implementação de decisões de carreira em jovens universitários. Tem por objetivo apresentar estatísticas descritivas de uma escala que avalia a influência famílias nas decisões de careira em relação a diferentes fatores estruturais familiares. Participaram no estudo 242 estudantes universitários de uma universidade localizada no s...
Considerando a influência da família de origem sobre as decisões educacionais e de careira o presente estudo teve por objetivo apresentar estatísticas descritivas de uma escala que avalia a influência familiar nas decisões de carreira em relação a diferentes fatores estruturais e processuais familiares. Participaram 242 estudantes universitários, 181 mulheres (74.8%), entre os 21 e 45 anos (M = 25.17; DP = 5.07...