Career Maturity Determinants: Individual Development, Social Context, and Historical Time
✍ Scribed by Eva Schmitt-Rodermund; Rainer K. Silbereisen
- Publisher
- American Counseling Association
- Year
- 1998
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 995 KB
- Volume
- 47
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0889-4019
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✦ Synopsis
Two samples of 16-to 19-year-old adolescents from different contexts were compared. Whereas young East Germans had experienced an educational system that offered relatively little choice, West Germans had experienced more leeway. In 1991, youth from East Germany reported more career maturity than did sameaged adolescents from the West. Different variables predicted career maturity in the 2 groups. Whereas person-related variables predicted career maturity in both groups, family and peer contexts were relevant only among the West German youth. In 1996, when differences in social context had greatly diminished, these differences had disappeared. Results confirm the usefulness of a cross-cultural and contextual approach to career development.