1. Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT) Robert W. Lent Steven D. Brown Gail Hackett

2. - SCCT - Stresses self-referent thinking in Motivation and in Behavior Predicts: Interests Choices Performance

3. Offers a potentially unifying framework  How Holland types develop  How learning experiences influence interests in Krumboltz’s theory  What factors affect differential role salience in Super’s theory  How people acquire abilities in Dawis’ and Loftquist’s Theory of Work Adjustment

4. SCCT – Central concepts and assumptions  Person-environment interaction is dynamic and situation specific  People are products AND producers of their environments  Key Theoretical Constructs Self-efficacy Outcome expectations Goals (symbolic representations of desired future outcomes)

5. Sources of Self-Efficacy and Outcome Expectations Self-Efficacy Interest Intentions/ Goals for Activity Involvement Activity Selection and Practice Performance Attainments (e.g., goal fulfillment, skill development Development of Basic Career Interests over Time (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1994) Perceived Abilities Values Outcome Expectations

6. Learning Experiences Self-Efficacy Interest Choice Goals Choice Actions Performance Domains and Attainments Person, Contextual, and Experiential Factors Affecting Career-Related Choice Behavior (Lent, Brown, & Hackett, 1993) Outcome Expectations Person Inputs -Predispositions -Gender -Ethnicity -Disability/Health Status Background Contextual Affordances Contextual Influences Proximal to Choice Behavior 12 1 2 345 6 7 8 9 10 11 moderate

7. SCCT – Intervention Implications  Expand interests and facilitate choice Revisit Foreclosed options  Overcome barriers to choice and success Highlight Supports  Develop and modify self-efficacy and outcome expectations