Associations between self-efficacy to occupational activities and interests in adolescents / Associações entre auto-eficácia para atividades ocupacionais e interesses em adolescentes

• Main Authors: Ana Paula Porto Noronha, Maiana Farias Oliveira Nunes
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: SpringerOpen 2011-01-01
• Series: Psicologia: Reflexão e Crítica
• Subjects: Vocational Guidance; Psychological assessment; Social-Cognitive Theory
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-79722011000100002&lng=pt&nrm=iso&tlng=pt

The aim of this study was to analyze the association between self-efficacy for occupational activities and its sources and interest, which are important constructs for Vocational Guidance. Two hundred eighty nine adolescents answered the Self-efficacy Scale for Occupational Activities (SSOA) and the Self-Directed Search, and 107 answered the SSOA and the Professional Counseling Scale. All participants lived in São Paulo at the moment of the survey. There were significant correlations between self-efficacy and interests (r ranging from -0.25 to 0.27). Realistic and Social self-efficacy combined with gender showed a significant predictive power to their respective types of interest. We discussed the coherence between self-efficacy for occupational activities and their respective interests.