Proponent/Claimant

Cherie Guy B. Giray, Fatima Socorro M. Quianzon

Abstract

This study determined the profile of the respondents in terms of age, sex, their parents’ highest educational attainment, their parents’ occupation, their parents’ combined annual income, type of school, interest, self-efficacy, and environmental influences on their career decision making. The research instrument for this study was developed with a Cronbach’s alpha of 0.90 which was interpreted as reliable. It was administered to 583 respondents, of whom 84 came from private schools and 499 from public schools. The statistical treatments utilized were frequency, percentage, and chi-square tests. The findings of the study revealed that the respondents had a high level of self-efficacy and were interested in their preferred track and strand. Their most preferred career track and strand were the Academic Track and Humanities Social Sciences (HUMSS) Strand, and the least preferred were the Arts and Design Track, Home Economics Strand, and Industrial Arts Strand under the Technology-Vocational-Livelihood Track. The results also revealed that there is a significant relationship between the career choice of adolescents and their profile in terms of age, sex, their father’s highest educational attainment, the type of school, and interest in the preferred track and strand. It was also found that there is no significant relationship between the career choice of adolescents and their profile in terms of their mother’s highest educational attainment, their father’s occupation, their mother’s occupation, their parents’ combined annual income, self-efficacy, and their environment. However, teachers significantly influenced adolescents career decisions.

Name of Research Journal

journal of Community Development Research (Humanities and Social Sciencee)

Volume and Issue No.

Vol 16 No 4

Date/Year of Publication

December 2023

Citation

Giray, C. G. B., & Quianzon, F. S. M. (2023). Interest, Self-efficacy and Environmental Influences on the Career Decision Making of Adolescents. Journal of Community Development Research (Humanities and Social Sciences), 16(4), 33-44.