From left: Sarah, Steph, Angela, Winnie
Factors Influencing Career Decision Status of Chinese American Youth
Due to the process of acculturation and the integration
of Western norms, Chinese-American youth often have contradicting views
about career in relation to their more traditional parents. The purpose
of this study is to heighten the understanding of the relationships between
intergenerational family conflict, relational-interdependent self-construal,
and career decision status (indecision and certainty) among Chinese-American
youth. A total of 130 Chinese American youth participated in this study.
The results of the study indicated that as intergenerational family conflict
increases, Chinese American youth are more likely to be indecisive about
their career choice. Relational-interdependent self-construal was related
to career certainty. U.S.-born participants had a higher likelihood of
intergenerational family conflict, and that conflict increases with length
of stay in the U.S. for overseas-born participants.
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Manhattan Youth Program of the Chinese-American
Planning Council Asian Americans for Equality Brooklyn Youth Services of the Chinese-American Planning Council Camp Herald of the Chinese Christian Herald Crusades, Inc. Chinatown YMCA Chinese-American Planning Council Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association Chinese Methodist Center Corporation Church Avenue Merchants Block Association Hamilton-Madison House Henry Street Settlement Immigrant Social Services Overseas Chinese Mission Progressive Adolescent Vocational Exploration (PAVE) of the Chinese-American
Planning Council Project Reach of the Chinese-American Planning Council Queens Youth Services of the Chinese-American Planning Council Structured Educational Support Program of the Chinese-American
Planning Council Summer Youth Employment Program of the Chinese-American Planning
Council Summer Youth Employment of the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent
Association Talent Search of the University Settlement True Light Lutheran Church Vietnamese American Cultural Organization
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