RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ACADEMIC COMFORT AND CAREER INTERESTS AMONG RURAL HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS

Authors
MULLIS AK MULLIS RL BRAILSFORD JC
Citation
Ak. Mullis et al., RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ACADEMIC COMFORT AND CAREER INTERESTS AMONG RURAL HIGH-SCHOOL-STUDENTS, Psychological reports, 80(2), 1997, pp. 459-466
Citations number
17
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology
Journal title
Psychological reports → ACNP
ISSN journal
00332941
Volume
80
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
459 - 466
Database
ISI
SICI code
0033-2941(1997)80:2<459:RBACAC>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Relationships between Academic Comfort and General Occupational Themes of the 1985 Strong Campbell Interest Inventory were investigated for 1364 high school adolescents. Significant relationships between Academ ic Comfort and grade, sex, socioeconomic status, and career motivation were found. Academic Comfort scores of adolescents increased with hig her grades and girls had higher Academic Comfort scores than the boys at all grades. The results supper: Holland's theory of career developm ent during the high school years in that certain career interests duri ng this period of development are related to Academic Comfort.