Abstract
Parents are major socializers for senior secondary students’ career development. Prior research has investigated parental influence and highlighted typical types of parental support. While parental support highly interplays with other career-related behaviour, limited research explores the career-related parental behaviour (support, intervention, engagement) on senior secondary students’ career adaptability, especially in underdeveloped areas of China. Therefore, this study investigated the impact of career-related parental behaviour on career adaptability among senior secondary students in underdeveloped regions of China. Drawing on a sample of 838 senior secondary students in Meizhou, Guangdong Province (Mage=17.51, SD=0.89, 50.7% Female), this study adopted a person-centred approach to evaluate career-related parental behaviour and their corresponding influence on students' career adaptability. Results recognised two types of parents (“authoritative" and "warm and supportive") regarding their career-related behaviour. Senior secondary students in the "warm and supportive" group show higher career adaptability than those in the "authoritative" group, specifically in control, curiosity, and confidence. However, no difference in concern is found between the two groups. These results emphasise the value of the person-centred approach in understanding parents concerning their career-related behaviour in underdeveloped China. Furthermore, it suggests that although filial piety is valued in Chinese culture, parents need to let their children go. It will benefit senior secondary students more through active support and engagement in career development. With a new understanding of parents and their impact on senior secondary students' career adaptability in underdeveloped China, this study lays a foundation for future research and practical interventions.
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Yixing Yang, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Siu Wai Wu, The Education University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
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Conference: ACE2023
Stream: Counselling
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Yang Y., & Wu S. (2024) Career-Related Parental Behaviours and Senior Secondary Students’ Career Development in Underdeveloped China ISSN: 2186-5892 The Asian Conference on Education 2023: Official Conference Proceedings https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2024.113
To link to this article: https://doi.org/10.22492/issn.2186-5892.2024.113
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