Parenting in relation to child and adolescent vocational development

• Published in: Journal of vocational behavior Vol. 69; no. 1; pp. 149 - 175
• Main Authors: Bryant, Brenda K., Zvonkovic, Anisa M., Reynolds, Paula
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Philadelphia Elsevier Inc 01.08.2006; Elsevier; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Academic and career attainment; Academic and occupational aspirations; Academic and occupational self-efficacy; Adolescents; Career Development; Child and adolescent vocational development; Child development; Child Rearing; Children; Developmental foundations; Family Influence; Interest exploration; Meaning of work; Occupational Aspiration; Occupational choice; Occupational knowledge; Parental involvement; Parental nurturance; Parental responsiveness; Parental work maturity; Parental work values; Parenting; Parenting Styles; Parents & parenting; Parents educational attainment; Self Efficacy; Self-knowledge; Studies; Teenagers; Vocational choices; Vocational Interests; Parenting; Parental work values; Self-knowledge; Parents educational attainment; Vocational choices; Occupational knowledge; Academic and occupational aspirations; Parental work maturity; Academic and occupational self-efficacy; Parental involvement; Parental nurturance; Child and adolescent vocational development; Academic and career attainment; Meaning of work; Interest exploration; Parental responsiveness; Developmental foundations
• ISSN: 0001-8791; 1095-9084
• DOI: 10.1016/j.jvb.2006.02.004

Processes of child and adolescent vocational development include acquisition of knowledge, beliefs, and values about work options and requirements, exploration of interests that will be relevant for occupational interest development, development of academic aspirations, self-efficacy, expectations, and attainment. These elements serve to provide preparation for entry into a range of occupations and provide for the establishment of vocational aspirations, occupational self-efficacy, expectations, planning, and attainment. Parenting occurs within a family context influenced by a myriad of factors, including availability of financial capital, human capital, social capital, child agency, work-family interfacing, family roles, family structure, and the historical conditions affecting parents. These family contextual factors promote our understanding of differences in parenting in relation to child and adolescent vocational development. Far more complex than specific steps to entering the labor market per se, child and adolescent vocational development includes the interfacing of parenting and developmental processes.