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Career Goals in the High Risk Adolescent

Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Charles Woods, MD, MS

Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Shari L. Barkin, MD, MSHS

Department of Pediatrics, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC

Possessing a career goal might serve as a protective factor for an adolescent’s healthy development. This could be especially important in adolescents who engage in high risk behaviors. The relationship between high risk adolescents’ future career goals and selected predictor variables were examined. Almost half (49%) the students indicated a career goal. Students who reported a job were 5.1-fold more likely to have listed a future career goal. Females, those aged 18 years, and those whose mothers were employed were twice as likely to have a career goal. Considerations for fostering career goals for high risk students are warranted.

Clinical Pediatrics, Vol. 45, No. 8, 757-764 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/0009922806292799


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