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Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT). Robert W. Lent Steven D. Brown Gail Hackett. - SCCT -. Stresses self-referent thinking in Motivation and in Behavior Predicts: Interests Choices Performance. Offers a potentially unifying framework.
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Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) Robert W. Lent Steven D. Brown Gail Hackett
- SCCT - Stresses self-referent thinking in Motivation and in Behavior Predicts: Interests Choices Performance
Offers a potentially unifying framework • How Holland types develop • How learning experiences influence interests in Krumboltz’s theory • What factors affect differential role salience in Super’s theory • How people acquire abilities in Dawis’ and Loftquist’s Theory of Work Adjustment
SCCT – Central concepts and assumptions • Person-environment interaction is dynamic and situation specific • People are products AND producers of their environments • Key Theoretical Constructs • Self-efficacy • Outcome expectations • Goals (symbolic representations of desired future outcomes)
Development of Basic Career Interests over Time (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) Perceived Abilities Self-Efficacy Sources of Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations Intentions/ Goals for Activity Involvement Activity Selection and Practice Performance Attainments (e.g., goal fulfillment, skill development Interest Outcome Expectations Values
Person, Contextual, and Experiential Factors Affecting Career-Related Choice Behavior (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1993) Person Inputs -Predispositions -Gender -Ethnicity -Disability/Health Status Contextual Influences Proximal to Choice Behavior 12 Self-Efficacy moderate 11 moderate 1 10 7 Learning Experiences Performance Domains and Attainments Choice Goals Choice Actions Interest 3 4 5 8 9 2 Outcome Expectations Background Contextual Affordances 6
SCCT – Intervention Implications • Expand interests and facilitate choice • Revisit Foreclosed options • Overcome barriers to choice and success • Highlight Supports • Develop and modify self-efficacy and outcome expectations