The paths between gender, barriers, social support, coping efficacy and vocational indecision

Isabelle Fort (1) , Anca Murariu

1 PsyCLÉ - Centre de Recherche en Psychologie de la Connaissance, du Langage et de l'Émotion

We investigated the paths between gender, social support, barriers, coping efficacy, and vocational indecision, in the light of social cognitive career theory. A path model was tested with a sample of 203 undergraduates. We expected coping efficacy to partially mediate the paths between career barriers, educational barriers, social support and indecision. However, this prediction was only confirmed for educational barriers. Results are discussed with reference to the literature and in terms of their practical implications.

Keywords: social support; barriers; self-efficacy for coping with barriers; gender; vocational indecision

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Psychology

Isabelle Fort, Anca Murariu. The paths between gender, barriers, social support, coping efficacy and vocational indecision. International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance, 2018, ⟨10.1007/s10775-018-9359-4⟩. ⟨hal-01791439⟩