Social cognitive career theory and the prediction of interests and choice goals in the computing disciplines

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Supporting Students' Intentions to Persist in STEM Disciplines: The Role of Living-Learning Programs among other Social-Cognitive Factors (2012, methodology): “As SCCT has been applied to STEM disciplines by Lent et al. (2005, 2008) and others, three related constructs have been incorporated into the theory’s framework: (a) students’ interest in STEM pursuits (e.g., reading about STEM, or STEM-related problem solving), (b) the presence of social supports,…”
Why Do Students Choose Engineering? A Qualitative, Longitudinal Investigation of Students' Motivational Values (2010, background): “SCCT has found application in understanding the career choices of engineering students (Lent et al., 2003, 2008a, 2008b; Trenor et al., 2008) and has some overlapping constructs with expectancy-value theory such as ability beliefs, outcome expectations, and interests (Lent, Brown, and Hackett,…”
The Development of the STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CIS) (2014, methodology): “Studies that have used this framework encourage operationalizing these key aspects to be more relevant to the population that is being studied (Gushue 2006; Lent et al. 2008).”