The Relationship of Psychological Separation and Parental Attachment to the Career Maturity of College

This study was designed to investigate how psychological separation and parental attachment are related to career maturity separately and simultaneously and to investigate the influence of gender on the relationships among these variables. Subjects were 82 single white college freshmen from intact families. Data analysis using a canonical correlation analysis revealed that although psychological separation is relevant, parental attachment plays a more important role in career maturity. The relationship among the variables did not differ for men and women. The implications of this study for theory and counseling practice are discussed and recommendations for future research are presented.     

Relational Variables and Life Satisfaction in African American and Asian American College Women

The authors explored associations among relationship harmony, perceived family conflicts, relational self‐concept, and life satisfaction in a sample of 169 African American and Asian American college women. As hypothesized, higher relational self‐concept, or the extent to which individuals include close relationships in their self‐concepts, and relationship harmony scores were predictive of greater life satisfaction, whereas perceived family conflict was associated with lower life satisfaction. Implications for counseling African American and Asian American college women are discussed.     

Career Support Group for Latino/a College Students

Culturally derived career counseling groups constitute a potentially promising way of providing supportive experiences for Latino/a college students. These groups can facilitate Latino/a students' help‐seeking behavior, address general college transition needs, add new coping skills, resolve developmental issues, and respond to career concerns. The author finds these groups useful for promoting overall wellness; improving academic performance, retention, and graduation rates; and enhancing successful transitioning into the job market and/or the continuation of postgraduation plans.     

A follow‐up study of one group of achievers and underachievers four years after high school graduation

A four‐year follow‐up study comparing gifted achievers and underachievers examined college attendance, academic performance, involvement in campus activities, type of institution attended, number of declared majors, career direction, and satisfaction with life developments since high school. All achievers attended college, were more sure of career direction, completed more years of college, and were more involved in campus activities than were underachievers, but did not report more satisfaction. Of the 87% underachievers who attended college, 52% had attended for four years and 41% had performed better academically in college than they had in high school. Qualitative analysis of narrative responses concerning adjustment found themes related to developmental, academic, and other concerns.     

大学生生活满意度、自尊、应对方式的调查及研究

采用青少年生活满意度问卷、简易应对方式量表和Rosenberg编制的自尊量表对扬州四所高校460名大学生进行问卷调查,探讨社会人口特征对大学生的学生生活满意度、自尊及应对方式的影响,分析自尊、应对方式与大学生生活满意度的相互关系。结果表明：生活满意度与自尊、积极应对方式之间存在正相关;高自尊、积极应对方式是大学生生活满意度的保护因素。由此可以得出结论：自尊和积极应对方式是影响大学生生活满意度的重要变量。     

Cross-lagged relationships between person-based resources,self-perceptions,and career and life satisfaction in young adults

We tested the across-time relationships between the person-based resources of assimilation (or goal pursuit) and accommodation (or goal adjustment) and two well-being outcomes (satisfaction with career progress and life satisfaction), and assessed if these relationships were mediated by self-perceptions (perceived goal attainability and optimism). Participants were 204 young adults (79 % female; M _age 26 years), who were surveyed twice, 6 months apart. Consistent with the dual-process framework for goal management, assimilation was associated with more positive self-perceptions (attainability and optimism) and higher subsequent satisfaction with career progress and life satisfaction. Perceived goal attainability mediated between assimilation and the two satisfaction outcomes. Accommodation was associated with higher subsequent life satisfaction only. Thus, both assimilation and accommodation were related to better life satisfaction in young adults, but assimilation was more adaptive in the career domain.     

An Investigation of Broad and Narrow Personality Traits in Relation to General and Domain-Specific Life Satisfaction of College Students

Based on a sample of 532 undergraduates at a Southeastern U.S. university, Big Five and narrow personality traits were examined in relation to a measure of satisfaction with specific domains of college experience (College Satisfaction) and a measure of General Life Satisfaction. Four of the Big Five traits—Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Emotional Stability and Extraversion—as well as the narrow traits of Aggression, Career Decidedness, Optimism, Self-Directed Learning, Sense of Identity, and Work Drive were positively, significantly related to both satisfaction measures. Results of hierarchical regression analyses showed that the Big Five traits accounted for 45% of Life Satisfaction variance with Sense of Identity contributing an additional 7%, and College Satisfaction, 6%. It was suggested that who students become in college and how satisfied they are with different aspects of collegiate experience may be primarily determined by who they are when they enter college. Similarities were noted to findings of personality traits and academic performance, job performance, and adult career and life satisfaction. Implications were discussed in terms of Chickering and Reisser’s major vectors for college development as well as for admissions decisions and enhancing student-environment fit in advising, orientation, counseling, and career planning, among others.     

当代大学生思想认知的“层级落差”现象分析

当代大学生的思想认知呈现出明显的“层级落差”现象。长期主流人生价值观教育、思想理论教育与实践锤炼的脱节、社会转型时期特殊的社会生活面貌、个体主体意识的增强等因素无不强化着这些现象,提高当代大学生的思想认知能力和认知水平,必须坚持严格管理,突出实践教育,开展生涯辅导,强化认知引导,优化育人环境。     

高校青年教师生存状态的调查与分析——以天津地区高校为例

正处于职业发展起步阶段的年轻群体,高校青年教师面临着巨大的工作、生活与发展压力。三重压力直接或间接负向影响着青年教师的职业满意度与生活满意感,其生存状态令人堪忧。因此,高校必须重视并尽快改善青年教师的生存状态,创造良好的生存环境,促进青年教师的快速成长,从而更好地发挥其在高校教育事业发展中的主力军和高校教学科研工作中的新生力量的作用。     

浅议大学生职业生涯规划教育的问题与模式建构

随着高校毕业生就业制度的转变,大学生就业问题已经成为社会的热点和高校工作的重点。然而在学校工作实践中,大学生职业生涯规划教育还存在着一些亟待关注的问题。作为高校,应从培养高素质人才的角度出发,把职业生涯辅导工作贯穿在整个大学教育的始终,构建合理有效地教育模式,帮助和辅导大学生进行职业生涯规划,使他们从容走向社会。     

Long‐Distance and Proximal Romantic Relationship Satisfaction: Attachment and Closeness Predictors

Relationship satisfaction was examined in college student long‐distance romantic relationships (LDRRs) and geographically proximal romantic relationships (PRRs). LDRR/PRR attachment style proportions and relationship satisfaction were similar. Multiple regression analyses revealed that low attachment avoidance contributed uniquely to high LDRR satisfaction and that low attachment avoidance, low attachment anxiety, and living apart contributed uniquely to high PRR satisfaction. Relational closeness was not a unique predictor of LDRR or PRR satisfaction.     

Character Style and Career and Educational Concerns in College Students

College students frequently present at college counseling centers with career and educational concerns. While these concerns are often developmental, they may also be symptomatic of underlying characterological issues. Character is defined as habitual behavior patterns and modes of resolving conflict that emerge from the individual's relationship with significant others during critical stages of early development. This article reviews the predominant traits and etiology of five character types frequently seen in the college population (i.e., obsessive-compulsive, self-defeating, hysterical, narcissistic, and borderline) and their manifestation in the type of career and education concerns with which students on college campuses typically present.     

大学生人格特质、心理弹性与主观幸福感的关系

采用人格特质、心理弹性与主观幸福感问卷对552名大学生进行了调查,探讨了大学生人格特质、心理弹性与主观幸福感的关系。结果表明:外倾性与心理弹性、生活满意度、积极情绪为显著正相关,与消极情绪成显著负相关;神经质与与心理弹性、生活满意度、积极情绪为显著负相关,与消极情绪成显著正相关;精神质与各维度相关均不显著。心理弹性对人格特质与主观幸福感有中介影响作用。     

大学生控制圈与主观幸福感的关系

采用控制圈问卷和主观幸福感简易量表对345名学生进行问卷调查,探讨大学生主观幸福感的发展特点及控制圈与主观幸福感的关系。结果显示：大学生的性别和专业在人际控制、社会政治控制、生活满意度和健康感受上差异显著;控制圈的三个维度与正面情绪显著正相关,与负面情绪显著负相关,人际控制与生活满意度、健康感受显著正相关;个人效能和人际控制感对总体幸福感有显著的正向预测作用。所以,大学生的控制圈影响他们的主观幸福感。     

Characteristics and Factors of the Grassroots Employment of College Graduates

Abstract: Based on a national survey of 30 universities in eight Chinese provinces in 2011, this empirical study shows that, despite government policies encouraging college graduates to work at the grassroots level, few students actually do so, due to concerns about their career prospects. Human capital, family, and school background and job search conditions are important factors affecting the grassroots employment of college graduates, and students willing to work at the grassroots level tend to be in a weaker position. This research also demonstrates that the occupational status, alignment of job and studies, starting salary, and job satisfaction of such graduates are relatively low.     

Higher Education,College Degree Major,and Police Occupational Attitudes

Existing police research has produced mixed results regarding the benefits of college education on the outlooks of officers. In addressing many of the well-documented methodological concerns of prior research, the current study augments the existing police education-occupational attitudes literature by examining the impact of varying levels of education (i.e. high school, some college, and bachelor’s degree and higher) on officers’ job satisfaction, views of top management, and role orientation(s). In addition, among those with a bachelor’s degree, the relevance of degree major on officers’ occupational outlooks is assessed. Our results address and inform advocacy efforts to make college education a bona fide occupational qualification.     

福建省高等院校人事工作人员工作满意度探析

通过问卷调查法了解福建省高校人事工作人员工作满意度总体状况,结果表明:高级职称人事工作人员工作满意度的各个维度上的得分均高于中级和初级职称;二本院校、职业院校人事工作人员总体工作满意度分值显著高于重点大学、一本院校。同一院校中男女人事工作人员之间存在升迁进修的明显差异;同一院校中总体工作满意度并不存在性别差异。提出高校管理层须重视人事管理人才的培养,促进人事管理人才的可持续发展建议。     

维吾尔族大学生生活满意度的特点及与文化认同的关系

目的:考察维吾尔族大学生生活满意度的发展特点及与文化认同的关系。方法:采用生活满意度量表和维吾尔族大学生文化认同问卷对200名维吾尔族大学生进行测量。结果:维吾尔族大学生的生活满意度在年级上存在显著差异,宗教、语言和国家认同对生活满意度的解释率是14.2%。结论:维吾尔族大学生的生活满意度呈中等水平并随年级的升高而下降,宗教认同、国家认同和语言认同对生活满意度有一定的影响。     

Career Outcomes of STEM and Non-STEM College Graduates: Persistence in Majored-Field and Influential Factors in Career Choices

Using data from a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of college graduates, this study examines student transition from college to their chosen career paths and identifies factors influencing college graduates’ choosing an occupation related to ones’ undergraduate major. Within the context of expanded econometric framework a wide range of variables are considered, including monetary and nonmonetary costs and benefits as well as cultural and social capital measures. Using multinomial logit regression analyses, the results suggest positive career outcomes associated with individuals who have an occupation closely related to their college major, such as a better income profile and greater job satisfaction. Major-based differences are also examined between STEM and non-STEM graduates, and patterns of changes are documented for 10 years after graduation. An important perspective offered by this study is to consider career outcome as an extended definition of institutional effectiveness and student success. Based on the empirical findings, policy implications are discussed with the hope of bringing attention and improvement to the relationship between the higher educational system and the labor market.     

The Long-Term Care Workforce Crisis: Dementia-Care Training Influences on Job Satisfaction and Career Commitment

The present study compares changes in job satisfaction and career commitment among Alzheimer's care staff participating in a two-phase, state-level training collaborative to improve dementia care. Results reveal an increase in extrinsic job satisfaction and a decrease in career commitment. Findings could be related to the effects of both the training interventions and the time lag in data collection. Decreases in career identity depended on whether participants showed a deeper involvement in aging concerns with respect to future employment. Implications for the implementation of future interventions for direct-care staff within a context of organizational and systems-based change are discussed.