The relation between subjective well-being and career aspirations amongst a sample of adolescents in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town
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- Donnay Manuel, Shazly Savahl, Ferran Casas, Habib Tiliouine, Deborah Louise Sinclair (UGent) , Mulalo Mpilo, Maria Florence and Sabirah Adams
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- The study aimed to determine the relation between adolescents' subjective well-being and career aspirations. The study further aimed to determine the extent to which social support mediates this relation. The sample comprised 1082 adolescents in Grades 8-11, selected from schools located in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town, South Africa. The overall model demonstrated a nonsignificant relation between adolescents' subjective well-being and career aspirations. Across gender, the results indicated a significant relation between subjective well-being and career aspirations for the male group, but not for females. The results further indicate that social support did not mediate the relation between adolescents' subjective well-being and career aspirations for the pooled sample. However, for females, the study found a significant negative relation between social support and aspirations. We recommend targeting interventions at an institutional level, inclusive of challenging gender roles and providing information about educational and career opportunities for young people.
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- adolescents, career aspirations, mediation, social support, socioeconomic status, subjective well-being, CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS, OF-FIT INDEXES, SOCIAL SUPPORT, OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS, LOW-INCOME, GENDER, SCHOOL, EXPECTATIONS, CIRCUMSCRIPTION, SATISFACTION
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Please use this url to cite or link to this publication: http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-8771562
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- Manuel, Donnay, et al. “The Relation between Subjective Well-Being and Career Aspirations amongst a Sample of Adolescents in Low Socioeconomic Status Communities in Cape Town.” JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 48, no. 8, 2020, pp. 2702–22, doi:10.1002/jcop.22449.
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- Manuel, D., Savahl, S., Casas, F., Tiliouine, H., Sinclair, D. L., Mpilo, M., … Adams, S. (2020). The relation between subjective well-being and career aspirations amongst a sample of adolescents in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, 48(8), 2702–2722. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22449
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- Manuel, Donnay, Shazly Savahl, Ferran Casas, Habib Tiliouine, Deborah Louise Sinclair, Mulalo Mpilo, Maria Florence, and Sabirah Adams. 2020. “The Relation between Subjective Well-Being and Career Aspirations amongst a Sample of Adolescents in Low Socioeconomic Status Communities in Cape Town.” JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 48 (8): 2702–22. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22449.
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- Manuel, Donnay, Shazly Savahl, Ferran Casas, Habib Tiliouine, Deborah Louise Sinclair, Mulalo Mpilo, Maria Florence, and Sabirah Adams. 2020. “The Relation between Subjective Well-Being and Career Aspirations amongst a Sample of Adolescents in Low Socioeconomic Status Communities in Cape Town.” JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY 48 (8): 2702–2722. doi:10.1002/jcop.22449.
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- 1.Manuel D, Savahl S, Casas F, Tiliouine H, Sinclair DL, Mpilo M, et al. The relation between subjective well-being and career aspirations amongst a sample of adolescents in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town. JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY. 2020;48(8):2702–22.
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- [1]D. Manuel et al., “The relation between subjective well-being and career aspirations amongst a sample of adolescents in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town,” JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY, vol. 48, no. 8, pp. 2702–2722, 2020.
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journal = {{JOURNAL OF COMMUNITY PSYCHOLOGY}},
keywords = {{adolescents,career aspirations,mediation,social support,socioeconomic status,subjective well-being,CONFIRMATORY FACTOR-ANALYSIS,OF-FIT INDEXES,SOCIAL SUPPORT,OCCUPATIONAL ASPIRATIONS,LOW-INCOME,GENDER,SCHOOL,EXPECTATIONS,CIRCUMSCRIPTION,SATISFACTION}},
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title = {{The relation between subjective well-being and career aspirations amongst a sample of adolescents in low socioeconomic status communities in Cape Town}},
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