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Career Aspirations and the First Generation Student: Unraveling the Layers With Social Cognitive Career Theory
- Journal of College Student Development
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 57, Number 3, April 2016
- pp. 248-262
- 10.1353/csd.2016.0026
- Article
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Undergraduate students who are the first in their immediate family to go to college represent a unique population on campus deserving special attention to their educational and career development needs. We explored career development characteristics of first-generation college students and compared them to those who are not first-generation, using Lent, Brown, and Hackett’s (1994) social cognitive career theory as a theoretical base. Findings indicated significant differences between the 2 groups, and the importance of college self-efficacy and college outcome expectations for the career aspirations of first-generation college students.