Students at-Risk for Learning Disabilities
INFLUENCE OF CAREER SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS ON CAREER EXPLORATION BEHAVIORS
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
By Kristen A. Nasta May 2007
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Notice: Signature Page Not Included
This thesis has been signed and approved by the appropriate parties. The signature page has been removed from this digital version for privacy reasons. The signature page is maintained as part of the official version of the thesis in print that is kept in Special Collections of Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank my thesis advisor Dr. Maryalice Citera for teaching the value of hard work and assisting me in creating research and writing I am proud of. Many thanks as well to my thesis committee readers Dr. Melanie Hill and Tonda Highley for all their help and advice with my thesis. All their time and guidance is greatly appreciated. I would also like to sincerely thank Kenneth Newton, my family, and friends, for their constant love and support while I worked on and completed my thesis. I could not have done it without them. Thank you.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. III. Acknowledgements……………………………...………….….…....... iii Abstract……………………………………………………..……........ vi Introduction………………………………………………..………...… 1 a. Self-Efficacy i. Theories Behind Self-Efficacy (History of Bandura’s Contributions)………….................... 1 b. Sources of Self-Efficacy…………………………………….… 2 i. Past Performance Accomplishments……………....…….... 3 ii. Verbal Persuasion……………………….…........................ 3 iii. Emotional Arousal………………………………................ 4 iv. Vicarious Learning………………………...……................ 4 c. Career Self-Efficacy i. Application of Self-Efficacy Theory to Careers…............... 5 d. Career Exploration i. Theories Behind Career Exploration…………….……...… 6 e. Relationship Between Career
A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY OF THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN MENTAL HEALTH COUNSELING
By Kristen A. Nasta May 2007
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Notice: Signature Page Not Included
This thesis has been signed and approved by the appropriate parties. The signature page has been removed from this digital version for privacy reasons. The signature page is maintained as part of the official version of the thesis in print that is kept in Special Collections of Sojourner Truth Library at SUNY New Paltz.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
I would like to thank my thesis advisor Dr. Maryalice Citera for teaching the value of hard work and assisting me in creating research and writing I am proud of. Many thanks as well to my thesis committee readers Dr. Melanie Hill and Tonda Highley for all their help and advice with my thesis. All their time and guidance is greatly appreciated. I would also like to sincerely thank Kenneth Newton, my family, and friends, for their constant love and support while I worked on and completed my thesis. I could not have done it without them. Thank you.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. II. III. Acknowledgements……………………………...………….….…....... iii Abstract……………………………………………………..……........ vi Introduction………………………………………………..………...… 1 a. Self-Efficacy i. Theories Behind Self-Efficacy (History of Bandura’s Contributions)………….................... 1 b. Sources of Self-Efficacy…………………………………….… 2 i. Past Performance Accomplishments……………....…….... 3 ii. Verbal Persuasion……………………….…........................ 3 iii. Emotional Arousal………………………………................ 4 iv. Vicarious Learning………………………...……................ 4 c. Career Self-Efficacy i. Application of Self-Efficacy Theory to Careers…............... 5 d. Career Exploration i. Theories Behind Career Exploration…………….……...… 6 e. Relationship Between Career