There is much empirical evidence supporting the influence of parents on their children's career choices and career development (Birk & Blimline, 1984; Hoyt, 1984; Middleton & Loughead, 1993; Miller, 1987; Otto, 1984; Otto & Call, 1985; Palmer & Cochran, 1988; Penick & Jepsen, 1992; Young & Friesen, 1992; Young, Friesen, & Pearson, 1988). Kotrlik and Harrison (1989) found parents to have more in...

One hundred and thirty final year high school students were administered scales tapping optimism/pessimism, self-esteem, external career barriers, career decision-making selfefficacy, career focus and career indecision. It was hypothesised, first, that cognitive style (optimism/pessimism) would predict both internal (self-esteem) and external career-related barriers, second, that internal barri...

BACKGROUND Islam and Muslims are underrepresented in the medical literature and the influence of physician's cultural beliefs and religious values upon the clinical encounter has been understudied. OBJECTIVE To elicit the perceived influence of Islam upon the practice patterns of immigrant Muslim physicians in the USA. DESIGN Ten face-to-face, in-depth, semistructured interviews with Muslim...

PURPOSE This study is to analyze the effects of medical students' social support and career barriers on career exploration behavior mediated by career decision-making self-efficacy. METHODS We applied the t-test to investigate the difference among the variables based on gender and admission types. Also, we performed path analysis to verify the effect of perceived career barriers and social su...