Financial Strain and Regional Unemployment as Barriers to Job Search Self-Efficacy: A Test of Social Cognitive Career Theory

Autor/inn/en	Dahling, Jason J.; Melloy, Robert; Thompson, Mindi N.
Titel	Financial Strain and Regional Unemployment as Barriers to Job Search Self-Efficacy: A Test of Social Cognitive Career Theory
Quelle	In: Journal of Counseling Psychology, 60 (2013) 2, S.210-218 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-0167
DOI	10.1037/a0031492
Schlagwörter	Self Efficacy; Counties; Unemployment; Macroeconomics; Career Development; Financial Problems; Barriers; Job Search Methods; Social Cognition; Context Effect; Theories; Geographic Regions; Surveys; Measures (Individuals) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Arbeitslosigkeit; Makroökonomie; Berufsentwicklung; Arbeitsplatzsuchtheorie; Soziale Kognition; Theory; Theorie; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Messdaten
Abstract	Social cognitive career theory (SCCT) emphasizes the potential impact of contextual barriers on vocational self-efficacy, interests, and goals. However, most tests of SCCT to date have focused exclusively on person-level, perceptual barriers rather than objective, macroeconomic barriers that may influence large groups of people. In this study, we examine how the effects of personal experiences with financial strain among a sample of adults who are unemployed are qualified by regional unemployment rates. Results indicated that financial strain has a direct, negative relation with job search self-efficacy, and indirect, negative relations with job search outcome expectations and search goals. These direct and indirect relations are moderated by unemployment rates and are only significant for participants residing in U.S. counties with high unemployment. These findings highlight the importance of taking into account broader contextual influences when studying vocational outcomes and demonstrate the applicability of incorporating macroeconomic barriers and supports into SCCT in future research. (Contains 2 tables and 2 figures.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10