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- Title
Configuration of Parent-Reported and Adolescent-Perceived Career-Related Parenting Practice and Adolescents' Career Development: A Person-Centered, Longitudinal Analysis of Chinese Parent–Adolescent Dyads.
- Authors
Liang, Yue; Zhou, Nan; Cao, Hongjian; Li, Jian-Bin; Dou, Kai; Wu, Fushuang; Liu, Qingqi; Wu, Qinglu; Nie, Yangang; Ning, Zhijun; Wang, Guodong
- Abstract
Adolescents' career development is associated with various contextual factors, among which career-related parenting practice is particularly important. Parents tend to engage in a multitude of career-related parenting practice, and parents and adolescents often have different perceptions of the same parenting practice. However, prior research on career-related parenting practice has predominately relied on variable-centered approaches and used reports exclusively from either adolescents or parents. What still remains inadequately understood is the heterogeneity in the within-family configuration of various career-related parenting processes and the implications of (dis)concordance between parents' and adolescents' perceptions for adolescents' career development. To address these gaps, using data from 706 Chinese adolescents (Mage = 12.08, SD = 1.52; 45.4% females) and their parents, this study utilized latent profile analyses and incorporated both parents' and adolescents' reports to investigate the configuration of adolescents' perceived career-related parenting practice (i.e., support, interference, and barriers to engagement), parent–adolescent career congruence, and parents' reported career-related support (i.e., emotional support, modeling, and instrument assistance). Four distinct profiles were identified: "Congruent-highly supportive," "Somewhat incongruence-disengaged," "Congruent-averagely supportive," and "Highly incongruent-ambivalent." Between-profile differences in adolescents' career developmental outcomes (i.e., career ambivalence and career decision-making self-efficacy) 6 months later were also examined. Adolescents in the "Congruent-highly supportive" and the "Congruent-averagely supportive" groups reported higher levels of career decision-making self-efficacy than did those in the "Highly incongruent-ambivalent" group. In contrast, career ambivalence did not vary across profiles. These results highlighted the importance of using the person-centered configural approach and simultaneously considering both parents' and adolescents' reports of career-related parenting practice. Theoretical and practical implications were also discussed. Highlights: Four distinct profiles of career-related parenting practice were identified. Parent- and adolescent-reported parenting practice were different across profiles. Career decision-making self-efficacy varied across the identified profiles. Career ambivalence did not vary across the identified profiles.
- Subjects
CHINA; CAREER development; PARENT-teenager relationships; CHINESE people; PARENTING; SOCIAL support; EMOTIONS; DECISION making &; psychology; PARENT attitudes; VOCATIONAL guidance; SELF-efficacy; TEENAGERS' conduct of life; DECISION making; PARENT-child relationships; LATENT structure analysis; ADOLESCENCE
- Publication
Journal of Child & Family Studies, 2022, Vol 31, Issue 5, p1373
- ISSN
1062-1024
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10826-021-02135-7