Child Vocational Development: A Review And Reconsideration

Child Vocational Development: A Review And Reconsideration

Hartung P J; Porfeli E J; Vondracek F W

Journal of Vocational Behavior

2005

2005-06

Childhood marks the dawn of human development. To organize, integrate, and advance knowledge about vocational development during this age period from a life-span perspective, we conducted a comprehensive review of the empirical vocational development literature that addresses early-to-late childhood. The review considers career exploration, career awareness, vocational expectations and aspirations, vocational interests, and career maturity/adaptability. By conducting the review, we sought to consolidate knowledge and identify avenues for further research concerned with vocational development in childhood and across the life span. Linking knowledge of child vocational development with what is known about adolescent and adult vocational development and conducting research that embeds vocational development within the fabric of a life-span developmental framework could move the field of vocational psychology from a disjointed perspective on career as studied in isolated age groups and toward an integrated life-span conceptualization. (c) 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

african american; career; career adaptability; career aspirations; career awareness; Career exploration; career theory; child development; child vocational development; children and work; developmental career; elementary-school-children; identity development; junior-high-school; life-course development; life-span development; longitudinal sample; maturity; nontraditional workers; occupational aspirations; Psychology; Psychology; sex-role expectations; twins reared apart; vocational expectations and aspirations; vocational interests

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