Sex and Ethnic Differences in the Perception of Educational and Career-Related Barriers and Levels of Coping Efficacy.

By Darrell Anthony Luzzo, E. McWhirter. 2001

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Subfields: Education, Safety Research, Social Psychology

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Racism, Parent Support, and Math-Based Career Interests, Efficacy, and Outcome Expectations Among African American Adolescents (2010, background): “Racism introduces both actual and psychological barriers that reduce African Americans’ opportunities to prepare for math-based careers and that reduce the range of careers that would otherwise be available to them (Hackett & Byars, 1996; Jones, 1997; Leong, 1995; Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001).”
Career Aspirations and Expectations of College Students (2009, background): “The perceived barriers scale (Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001) is a 64- item instrument that measures perceptions of education- and career-related barriers, as well as coping efficacy.”
Work Volition, Career Decision Self-Efficacy, and Academic Satisfaction (2012, background): “This difference may be explained, at least in part, by the fact that ethnic minorities are more likely than those in the ethnic majority to perceive discriminatory, financial, and child care concern barriers (Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001), potentially relating to a lower sense of volition.”
Career Aspirations of Women in the 20th Century (2007, background): “Women often perceive barriers and role conflicts as obstacles in their career development process (Albert & Luzzo, 1999; Brown & Barbosa, 2001; Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001; Stitt-Gohdes, 1997).”
Mentoring and 1st-Year Latina/o College Students (2005, background): “Ethnic Identity Development Phinney (1993) developed a model of ethnic identity development based on Erikson’s (1968) theory.”
Feeling the Threat (2014, neutral): “…shown that contextual barriers are more salient among individuals who have historically struggled against marginalization in the achievement environment, including women (Fouad et al., 2010; Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001) and persons of color (e.g., Kenny, Blustein, Chaves, Grossman, & Gallagher, 2003).”
Perceived Barriers to Career Development in the Context of Social Cognitive Career Theory (2005, methodology): “Career barriers have been found to be particularly useful in understanding the career development of women and people of color (Luzzo, 1993, 1995; Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001; McWhirter, 1997; McWhirter, Torres, & Rasheed, 1998; Swanson, Daniels, & Tokar, 1996).”
The Effectiveness of a Career Decision-Making Course (2009, background): “Perception of Barriers Scale–Modified Version (POB-MV).”
Stereotype threat as a barrier to women entering engineering careers (2017, methodology): “Luzzo and McWhirter (2001) reported an initial alpha reliability of .93 for the Educational-Related Barriers subscale.”
The academic value of internships: Benefits across disciplines and student backgrounds (2015, background): “At the same time, research on perceived barriers (Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001) indicates that such effects may vary across student background characteristics, with particular reference to ethnic minority status and being female, due to group-specific anticipation of inhibiting factors on the way to…”
Predictors of Career Indecision in Three Racial/Ethnic Groups of College Women (2006, methodology): “Coping With Barriers Scale (CWB; Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001).”
Examining Contextual Factors in the Career Decision Status of African American Adolescents (2005, background): “Exploring career-related issues in this population is vital to understanding how the career development process might occur in the context of perceived occupational facilitators and barriers and salient cultural factors (Luzzo, 1992; Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001; McCollum, 1998).”
Differential Moderating Effects of Student- and Parent-Rated Support in the Relationship Between Learning Goal Orientation and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy (2012, background): “Although studies on the SCCT have used diverse groups, most of which have predominantly focused on ethnic minorities in the United States (Constantine et al., 2005; Luzzo & McWhirter, 2001), which may have been affected by acculturation (Mau, 1997).”