Addressing career barriers for high risk adolescent girls: the PATHS curriculum intervention.
J Adolesc
; 36(6): 1083-92, 2013 Dec.
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| ID: mdl-24215955
ABSTRACT
The study evaluated a gender-specific comprehensive career development curriculum designed to target career barriers faced by high risk adolescent girls - those with disabilities and at risk for school failure. The goal of the curriculum was to promote social cognitive career and self determination outcomes associated with adaptive career development and adjustment. A pre-post control group design was used to evaluate the curriculum. Findings suggest that participation in the curriculum resulted in significant and large gains in autonomy and in disability and gender-related knowledge. Meaningful gains were noted in perceptions of social support and relevance of school. Participants in a high fidelity sample made significant and large gains in vocational skills self-efficacy and disability and gender-related knowledge. Meaningful improvements were noted in self-advocacy, autonomy, and vocational outcome expectations. The findings suggest that the curriculum can improve important indicators of positive career development and adjustment in high risk adolescent girls.
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Assunto principal:
Orientação Vocacional
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Currículo
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Emprego
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
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En
Revista:
J Adolesc
Ano de publicação:
2013
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Article