Perceptions of personal control and conformity of vocational choice as correlates of vocational development
Abstract This study examined differences in vocational maturity of women across different levels of internal-external control and typical versus atypical vocational choice. It was predicted that internally controlled women would have higher vocational maturity scores than externally controlled women; women who make atypical vocational choices would have higher vocational maturity scores than women who make typical choices. Data from the Attitude Scale of Crites' Career Maturity Inventory, MacDonald and Tseng's I-E Scale, and dichotomized ratings of typical versus atypical vocational choice were obtained from 179 freshmen to senior female student volunteers in a large New England university. Analysis of variance indicated that internally controlled women had significantly higher vocational maturity than externally controlled women ( p
Is it possible to approach the suicide of teenage Inuit in the same way as in other communities, especially when taking into account the fact that suicide in Inuit is part of their traditions? The issue raised by the author essentially concerns the interpretation of data. This article offers new approaches to researching the meaning of suicide through a cultural viewpoint of the phenomenon and by taking into consideration the socio-political context. The author presents a new vision of suicide as an all-encompassing social fact that opens the door to more relevant interventions. Language: fr