Vocational development and preparation for career in college students

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Published: Dec 21, 2014
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v5.700
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University counseling vocational behavior counseling system university orientation preparation for professional career

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José Manuel Martínez Vicente
Universidad de Almería
Esperanza Rocabert Beut
Universidad de Valencia

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Preparation for career emerges as a variable of interest in the university environment to the extent that these students pursue primarily their integration in the workplace for being formed. Moreover, the research reveals the importance of career development at the time of satisfaction and achievement in getting decisions made ??. Both variables are configured as highlights in the processes of counseling and vocational and career guidance. The aim of this study was to establish the relationship between preparation for career and vocational development considering gender as covariates and vocational group membership. For this biodata questionnaires (Rocabert and Martínez-Vicente, 2011a) and Career Preparation (Martinez-Vicente and Rocabert, 2011) to a sample of 1111 subjects with a mean age 21.9 years ( Sd = 3 were applied , 87) of different courses and university degrees distributed in five pre - professional (Humanistic, psychoeducational, health, sociolegal, Science and Technology). The results obtained indicated that career development was associated with preparation for professional careers. Likewise it found differences in some factors biodata regarding sex and pre-professional group. Were also found differences in preparing for careers in relation to sex, the pre-professional groups and the type of career development.

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Martínez Vicente, J. M., & Rocabert Beut, E. (2014). Vocational development and preparation for career in college students. International Journal of Developmental and Educational Psychology. Revista INFAD De Psicología., 5(1), 405–416. https://doi.org/10.17060/ijodaep.2014.n1.v5.700
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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2014): THE POWER OF EMOTIONS: POSITIVE PSYCHOLOGY
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