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Larkin. Comparison of three theoretically derived variables in predicting career and academic behavior: Self-efficacy, interest congruence, and consequence thinking. 1987;34:293-298doi: 10.1037/0022-0167.34.3.293.
Larkin. (1987). Comparison of three theoretically derived variables in predicting career and academic behavior: Self-efficacy, interest congruence, and consequence thinking. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 34293-298. https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.34.3.293
Larkin, Kevin C. "Comparison of three theoretically derived variables in predicting career and academic behavior: Self-efficacy, interest congruence, and consequence thinking." Journal of Counseling Psychology vol. 34 (1987): 293-298. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/0022-0167.34.3.293
Larkin. Comparison of three theoretically derived variables in predicting career and academic behavior: Self-efficacy, interest congruence, and consequence thinking. 1987;34:293-298. doi: 10.1037/0022-0167.34.3.293. UIID-EM: 50.
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1987;34:293-298. doi: 10.1037/0022-0167.34.3.293.

Comparison of three theoretically derived variables in predicting career and academic behavior: Self-efficacy, interest congruence, and consequence thinking.

Journal of Counseling Psychology

Kevin C Larkin

UIID-EM: 50 Bookshelf ID: 1987-32950-001 DOI: 10.1037/0022-0167.34.3.293

Abstract

This study explored the differential contribution of three alternative theoretically based variables, self-efficacy, interest congruence, and consequence thinking, in explaining career-relevant behavior in students considering science and engineering fields. Results of multiple regression analyses indicated that self-efficacy was the most useful of the three in predicting grades and persistence in technical/scientific majors, both self-efficacy and congruence contributed to the prediction of range of perceived career options, and congruence alone offered significant incremental variance in explaining career indecision. The three theoretical variables were also interrelated. Implications for practice and the further evaluation of career theories are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved)

Keywords: self efficacy & interest congruence & consequence thinking; career-relevant behavior; college students considering science or engineering majors & careers; implications for counseling practice; Student Characteristics

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