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The Assessment of Post-secondary Supports: A New Measure of an Understudied SCCT Construct
Erin E Hardin1, Sean Murphy2, Melinda M Gibbons3
1Department of Psychology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA.
Abstract:
We investigated environmental supports, an understudied aspect of Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), with rural Appalachian youth, an understudied population. We developed a new measure of proximal influences that bolster the pursuit of postsecondary education, the Assessment of Postsecondary Supports (APSS). Across 3 studies, we develop and validate the new measure, finding strong internal consistency and construct validity. Moreover, scores on the APSS were positively correlated with college-going self-efficacy (CGSE) and college outcome expectations (COE), explaining more unique variance than a measure of perceived educational barriers.
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