Self-Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories

Albert Bandura; Claudio Barbaranelli; Gian Vittorio Caprara; Concetta Pastorelli

doi:10.1111/1467-8624.00273

journal article Jan 01, 2001

Self-Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories

Albert Bandura Claudio Barbaranelli Gian Vittorio Caprara Concetta Pastorelli

Child Development Vol. 72 No. 1 pp. 187-206 · Oxford University Press (OUP)

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This prospective study tested with 272 children a structural model of the network of sociocognitive influences that shape children's career aspirations and trajectories. Familial socioeconomic status is linked to children's career trajectories only indirectly through its effects on parents' perceived efficacy and academic aspirations. The impact of parental self-efficacy and aspirations on their children's perceived career efficacy and choice is, in turn, entirely mediated through the children's perceived efficacy and academic aspirations. Children's perceived academic, social, and self-regulatory efficacy influence the types of occupational activities for which they judge themselves to be efficacious both directly and through their impact on academic aspirations. Perceived occupational self-efficacy gives direction to the kinds of career pursuits children seriously consider for their life's work and those they disfavor. Children's perceived efficacy rather than their actual academic achievement is the key determinant of their perceived occupational self-efficacy and preferred choice of worklife. Analyses of gender differences reveal that perceived occupational self-efficacy predicts traditionality of career choice.

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Published: Jan 01, 2001
Vol/Issue: 72(1)
Pages: 187-206
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Authors

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Albert Bandura

Department of Psychology, Stanford University , Stanford, CA

C

Claudio Barbaranelli

Universita Degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza , Rome ,

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Gian Vittorio Caprara

Departimento di Psicologia, Universita Degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza , Rome ,

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Concetta Pastorelli

Universita Degli Studi di Roma, La Sapienza , Rome ,

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Albert Bandura, Claudio Barbaranelli, Gian Vittorio Caprara, et al. (2001). Self-Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories. Child Development, 72(1), 187-206. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8624.00273

Self-Efficacy Beliefs as Shapers of Children's Aspirations and Career Trajectories

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