Article: Education and career aspirations among Chinese high school students: validation of the career aspiration scale

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TitleEducation and career aspirations among Chinese high school students: validation of the career aspiration scale
AuthorsCheng, S1
Yuen, M1
KeywordsStudents
Career aspiration scale
Career aspirations
Chinese
Education aspirations
Hong Kong
Issue Date2012
PublisherDe La Salle University. The Journal's web site is located at http://ejournals.ph/index.php?journal=TAPER&page=index
CitationAsia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2012, v. 21 n. 2, p. 394-401 [How to Cite?]
AbstractThe original Career Aspiration Scale (CAS; O'Brien, 1996) was translated and modified to form the Chinese 10-item Career Aspiration Scale. The Chinese CAS includes three subscales (Leadership & Achievement, Job Satisfaction, and Continue Education). The Chinese CAS was used in this study with a sample of Hong Kong high school students (N = 677). Reliability analyses showed that the total scale and subscales were internally consistent. The results of the exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factory analysis suggested that the Chinese CAS provided adequate indicators of Chinese adolescents' education and career aspirations. The study also provided an opportunity to investigate briefly the relationship between scores on CAS and students' academic achievement levels and socio-economic status. © 2012 De La Salle University, Philippines.
DescriptionOpen Access Journal
ISSN0119-5646
2011 Impact Factor: 0.958
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.027
ReferencesReferences in Scopus
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dc.contributor.authorCheng, S
dc.contributor.authorYuen, M
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-16T06:00:10Z
dc.date.available2012-08-16T06:00:10Z
dc.date.issued2012
dc.description.abstractThe original Career Aspiration Scale (CAS; O'Brien, 1996) was translated and modified to form the Chinese 10-item Career Aspiration Scale. The Chinese CAS includes three subscales (Leadership & Achievement, Job Satisfaction, and Continue Education). The Chinese CAS was used in this study with a sample of Hong Kong high school students (N = 677). Reliability analyses showed that the total scale and subscales were internally consistent. The results of the exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factory analysis suggested that the Chinese CAS provided adequate indicators of Chinese adolescents' education and career aspirations. The study also provided an opportunity to investigate briefly the relationship between scores on CAS and students' academic achievement levels and socio-economic status. © 2012 De La Salle University, Philippines.
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dc.descriptionOpen Access Journal
dc.identifier.citationAsia-Pacific Education Researcher, 2012, v. 21 n. 2, p. 394-401 [How to Cite?]
dc.identifier.epage401
dc.identifier.hkuros203247
dc.identifier.issn0119-5646
2011 Impact Factor: 0.958
2011 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.027
dc.identifier.issue2
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-84864061999
dc.identifier.spage394
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/159974
dc.identifier.volume21
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherDe La Salle University. The Journal's web site is located at http://ejournals.ph/index.php?journal=TAPER&page=index
dc.publisher.placePhilippines
dc.relation.ispartofAsia-Pacific Education Researcher
dc.relation.referencesReferences in Scopus
dc.subjectStudents
dc.subjectCareer aspiration scale
dc.subjectCareer aspirations
dc.subjectChinese
dc.subjectEducation aspirations
dc.subjectHong Kong
dc.titleEducation and career aspirations among Chinese high school students: validation of the career aspiration scale
dc.typeArticle
Author Affiliations
  1. The University of Hong Kong