An article by Chi Sum Wong, Ping Man Wong and Kelly Z Peng published in the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance (Volume 11 Number 1 (March 2011))
In this study, we attempt to investigate the potential effects of parents’ career interests on young adults’ career interests. Using a sample of 113 freshmen in Hong Kong, results indicated that after controlling for personality, gender, general mental abilities and emotional intelligence, some of the parents’ career interests were still related to the young adults’ respective career interests. For some types of interests, the extent of influences is found to be contingent on the gender of the respondents. Implications are discussed.
Hazel’s comment:
I don’t think that this abstract provides you with enough information to be moved to read the whole article but it is, believe me, worth reading. I probably wouldn’t have done it if I hadn’t been in the full text version of the journal. As I glanced at the screen whilst scrolling through, not really reading the words, I noticed one or two pertinent points and slowed down.
It is really amazing to discover just how much influence parents’ ideas have on their offspring at an age when young people rebel against anything parents say!
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