Josephine Dickinson’s research while affiliated with University of Notre Dame and other places

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An Examination of the Applicability of Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American College Students
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August 2016

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Journal of Career Assessment

Josephine Dickinson

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Matthew D. Abrams

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David M. Tokar

The purpose of the present study is to extend the literature on social cognitive career theory (SCCT) by examining (a) the applicability of SCCT for African Americans with constructs defined in terms of Holland’s realistic, investigative, artistic, social, enterprising, and conventional (RIASEC) themes and (b) the role of specific learning experiences (performance accomplishments, vicarious learning, and verbal persuasion) in the formation of corresponding self-efficacy and outcome expectations. Structural equation modeling (SEM) results based on a sample of 208 African American college students revealed support for hypothesized relations of self-efficacy with outcome expectations, self-efficacy and outcome expectations with interests and choice goals, and interests with choice goals for all six RIASEC themes. Results revealed partial support for the hypothesized relations of learning experiences with self-efficacy and outcome expectations. Finally, results indicated limited support for the hypothesis that verbal persuasion would be a stronger positive predictor of self-efficacy and outcome expectations than would performance accomplishments and vicarious learning. These findings offer preliminary support for the applicability of SCCT in explaining African American college students’ RIASEC-based interest development and career choice goals. Implications of the findings for career counseling interventions and future research are discussed.


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... Research on interest has found that career choice is based on interest (Lent & Brown, 2006) and that people are less likely to develop interest if they had low levels of self-efficacy and outcome expectations (Lent et al., 2008;Swan, 2015). In this regard, the empirical research of the SCCT interest and choice model applied in the context of STEM careers confirmed that the interest of computer students was well predicted by self-efficacy , whereas research from Dickinson et al. (2017) suggests that selfefficacy beliefs play a more vital role on the basis of the outcome expectations from a minority college students sample, in comparison with the direct development of their interests. Therefore, it can be concluded that interest is a core-individual factor that may have affective characteristics toward career domain activities. ...

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An Examination of the Applicability of Social Cognitive Career Theory for African American College Students
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  • August 2016

Journal of Career Assessment

... Social cognitive career theory ([SCCT] Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994 explains the processes by which people develop interests, plans and make choices regarding their studies and their profession. Many studies have lent empirical support to this theoretical model (Dickinson, Abrams, & Tokar, 2017), and findings emphasize the importance of self-efficacy beliefs in explaining achievement and development in the general population (Lent et al., 2011). ...

AN EXAMINATION OF THE APPLICABILITY OF SOCIAL COGNITIVE CAREER THEORY FOR AFRICAN AMERICAN COLLEGE STUDENTS
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