Assessing career life skills self-efficacy of students with special educational needs: A comparative study in Hong Kong

Assessing career life skills self-efficacy of students with special educational needs: A comparative study in Hong Kong

Careers for students with special educational needs: Perspectives on development and transitions from the Asia-Pacific region

• Yang, Lan The Education University of Hong Kong
• Yuen, Mantak The University of Hong Kong
• Wang, Hui The Education University of Hong Kong
• Wang, Zhuoying Texas A&M University
• Sin, Kuen Fung The Education University of Hong Kong

• Yuen, Mantak
• Beamish, Wendi
• Solberg, V. Scott H.

Singapore

Springer

2020

• E Special Education
• N Students & Student Services
  • NJ Career Counselling & Placement

Career Development Inclusive Education Measurement Scales Students with Special Educational Needs

• Hong Kong

• 1997.7 onwards

• Unknown or Unspecified

The psychological construct of self-efficacy plays a salient role in students’ pursuit of a career path. Career-related self-efficacy is strongly associated with life satisfaction and emotional well-being. Most of what is known about this construct has come from research with mainstream students in the West, and considerably less attention has focused on students with special educational needs. The limited knowledge we have of SEN students’ career-related self-efficacy may be due to lack of appropriate assessment instruments with sound psychometric properties that can be used across cultures. This chapter reports steps taken to validate such an instrument, the Career Development Self-Efficacy Inventory (CD-SEI), for assessing career life skills self-efficacy in SEN students. The authors describe the use of a short form of CD-SEI in Hong Kong with a sample of SEN students and a comparison group without special needs. Theoretical and practical implications of using this instrument to assess career life skills self-efficacy of SEN students are discussed in light of current career development theories. Copyright © 2020 Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.

• English

Book Chapters

• 9789811544422

• 10.1007/978-981-15-4443-9_21

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2020-10-14