The relation of acculturation, problem-solving appraisal, and career decision-making self-efficacy to Mexican American high school students' educational goals Academic Article uri icon

abstract

  • This study examined the contributions of acculturation, problem-solving appraisal, and career decision-making self-efficacy on 105 Mexican American high school students' educational goals. A standard regression analysis indicated that Anglo-oriented acculturation and problem-solving appraisal accounted for significant variance in educational goals. Mexican-oriented acculturation and career decision-making self-efficacy did not contribute significant variance to students' educational goals. The regression model accounted for 19.5% of the variance in educational goals. Results of the structure coefficients for the predictor variables indicated that Anglo-oriented acculturation and career decision-making self-efficacy were the 2 most important predictors, followed by problem-solving appraisal and Mexican-oriented acculturation, respectively. Implications of the findings are discussed, and recommendations for interventions are provided for enhancing the educational and career development among Mexican American adolescents. Copyright 2006 by the American Psychological Association.

published proceedings

  • JOURNAL OF COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY

author list (cited authors)

  • Flores, L. Y., Ojeda, L., Huang, Y. P., Gee, D., & Lee, S.

citation count

  • 81

complete list of authors

  • Flores, LY||Ojeda, L||Huang, YP||Gee, D||Lee, S

publication date

  • August 2006