Adolescents’ Perceptions of Career Concern: Student Discouragement in Career Development

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  • Michael N. Code University of Lethbridge
  • Kerry B. Bernes University of Lethbridge
  • Thelma M. Gunn University of Lethbridge
  • Angela D. Bardick University of Lethbridge

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This study used the Comprehensive Career Needs Survey to assess how junior high and high school students perceive career concerns and how these concerns may change from Grades 7 to 12. An examination of participants’ responses about the sources of their discouragement in career planning revealed seven themes: training and education concerns, security, satisfaction, failing, commitment, wrong occupational choice, and having to decide. Implications for career professionals are discussed.

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2007-02-02

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##issue.vol## 40 ##issue.no## 3 (2006)

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