Career Exploration: Family and Teacher Support

Abstract

The study aims to reveal the relationship between secondary school students' career exploration, adolescent-parent career congruence, and career-related teacher support. Career Exploration Scale, Adolescent-Parent Career Congruence Scale, and Career-Related Teacher Support Scale were used as data collection tools. Data were collected from 336 students through a questionnaire. The findings of the study were analyzed using Spss 27 software. Career exploration, adolescent-parent career congruence, and career-related teacher support were analyzed according to various demographic variables. Accordingly, female students had higher teacher support scores than male students. The decrease in adolescent-parent career congruence and teacher support as the grade level increases are among the remarkable findings. According to the results of the correlation analysis, significant positive relationships were found between career exploration, adolescent-parent career congruence, and career-related teacher support. According to the regression analysis results, it was found that the established model explained 29% of career exploration. At this point, it was concluded that parental congruence and teacher information support are critical in career exploration.

Keywords

• Adolescent-parent career congruence
• Career exploration
• Secondary school
• Teacher support

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