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Examining the differences in career thoughts of women in three low socioeconomic status groups

✍ Scribed by Jeanmarie Keim; David R. Strauser; Kristi Ketz


Publisher
American Counseling Association
Year
2002
Tongue
English
Weight
727 KB
Volume
39
Category
Article
ISSN
0022-0787

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✦ Synopsis


The authors examined differences in career thoughts of 3 groups of women from low socioeconomic status backgrounds. The 3 groups were composed of women who were not seeking employment, women attempting to obtain General Educational Development (GED) certification prior to seeking employment, and women with disabilities who were participating in readiness‐to‐work programs. Results indicated that there were significant differences in participants' career thoughts. Specifically, career thoughts of women who were not seeking employment were significantly less dysfunctional than were the career thoughts of the women who were pursuing their GED certification and those of the women with disabilities who were participating in a job‐readiness training program. The impact of negative career thoughts is discussed.