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- Title
PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT IN CHILDREN'S CAREER DECISION-MAKING PROCESS IN SLOVENIA: PARENTS' AND CHILDREN'S PERSPECTIVE.
- Authors
Pečjak, Sonja; Pirc, Tina
- Abstract
At the end of lower secondary education in Slovenia, students have to choose their future career path. Since parents have the most influence on their children's decisions in this period, the aim of the study was to explore the differences between parents' and children's perspectives on parental involvement in their children's career choices. Our sample included 713 students from 37 (Slovenian) lower secondary schools and 779 of their parents. We formed three discrepancy groups (low, medium and high) according to the degree of incoherence between students and parents and used the support and directivity dimension of parental involvement to predict students' confidence in their final career choice and the extent of their difficulties regarding career decision-making in general. Parental support for their children's thinking about this process was the strongest predictor of greater confidence and fewer difficulties. Some practical implications are discussed.
- Subjects
SLOVENIA; PARENTS; SECONDARY education; OCCUPATIONS; SECONDARY schools; CHILD support
- Publication
Journal of Psychological & Educational Research, 2020, Vol 28, Issue 2, p31
- ISSN
2247-1537
- Publication type
Article