Planned Happenstance Skills and Occupational Identity Status in High School Students. Issue 1 (March 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ahn, Sungsik; Jung, Sun Hwa; Jang, Sun Hee; Du, Xin; Lee, Bo Hyun; Rhee, Eunjeong; Gysbers, Norm; Lee, Sang Min
• Is Part Of: Career development quarterly. Volume 63:Issue 1(2015)
• Page Start: 31
• Page End: 43
• Publication Date: 2015-03
• Subjects: Vocational guidance -- Periodicals; Career development -- Periodicals; Career education -- Periodicals; 370.11305
• DOI: 10.1002/j.2161-0045.2015.00093.x
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0889-4019

Abstract

<abstract abstract-type="main"> <title> <x xml:space="preserve">Abstract</x> </title> <p>This study investigated how the 5 components of planned happenstance skills are related to adolescents' occupational identity statuses. A canonical correlation analysis was performed with a sample of 370 high school students in South Korea. The results indicated that higher identity statuses (i.e., achievement and moratorium statuses) were significantly related to the 5 components of planned happenstance skills, whereas lower identity statuses (i.e., foreclosure and diffusion statuses) were not significantly related to the 5 components of planned happenstance skills. In addition, the results of the mediation analysis indicated that the transition from moratorium to achievement status was positively mediated by 3 components of planned happenstance skills: optimism, persistence, and risk taking.</p> </abstract>