A study of the relationship of minority adolescents' career maturity to locus of control and selected correlates

The present study was concerned with career maturity among black high school seniors. The purpose of the study was to determine the relationship of career maturity to locus of control, academic achievement, socioeconomic status and sex. The population from which the sample was taken consisted of black high school seniors in one high school in Central Virginia. Data were gathered during the Winter, 1983 using a personal data questionnaire, Crites' Attitude Scale and Rotter's I-E Scale. Students responded to the three instruments in one sitting. The significance of the relationships was determined by correlation coefficients and multiple regression analysis. The analysis of the data revealed that: (1) Academic achievement was the most highly significant predictor of career maturity for the 302 subjects in this investigation; (2) Socioeconomic status was a significant factor in the career maturity of participants in this study; (3) The participants differed by sex in their levels of career maturity, and sex was a significant predictor of their career maturity; (4) Locus of control was not a significant predictor of their career maturity. The findings of the study and related literature suggest that there is a need for more study with black adolescents from a variety of settings involving several age, grade and socioeconomic levels, and there is a need for longitudinal studies involving only black adolescents to affirm their career development process.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Education

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Department dc:contributor.department

Counselor Education

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Year dc:date.issued

1984

Author dc:creator

• Spurlock, LaVerne Beard

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Miles, Johnnie H.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• McDaniels, Carl O.
• Hummel, Dean L.
• Bryant, Clifton D.
• Hinkle, Dennis E.

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10919/88644

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/88644