Browsing Wei-Cheng J. Mau by Title
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Application of an ecological approach to examine online activities and Internet addiction among college students
(Ohio Counseling Association, 2018-12)This study investigated the relationships among Internet addiction, gender difference, loneliness, and depression from an ecological point of view. Data were collected from 132 college students (77 males, 53 females) at a ... -
Assessing career decision-making difficulties: A cross-cultural study
(SAGE Publications, 2001)This study examines the validity of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) in relation to its cultural relevance. Relationships between career decision-making difficulties and career indecision are ... -
Assessing high school student's STEM career interests using a social cognitive framework
(MDPI, 2019-06)This study investigated the psychometric properties of the Chinese version of the STEM Career Interest Survey (STEM-CCIS) with data from 590 high-school students in Taiwan. Measurement models based on Social-Cognitive ... -
Assessing the cognitive complexity of vocational value constructs using the career grid: A comparison of the expressed and supplied methods
(SAGE Publications, 1997-01)Examines the cognitive complexity of vocational value constructs. Use of a revised career grid in the study; Person construct theory as the origin of the career grid; Steps in the administration of the career grid procedure; ... -
Attitudes toward counselors and counseling processes: A comparison of Chinese and American graduate students
(Wiley Blackwell, 1988-11)Graduate students socialized in separate cultural settings, Taiwan and the United States, but studying at the same large university were surveyed about their (a) preferences for counselor's characteristics, (b) images of ... -
Career counseling at the edge of 21st century
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Characteristics and satisfaction of students who used career counseling services
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001-11)This study investigated differences in use of and satisfaction with career counseling services as a function of sex, race, and age based on a nationally representative sample of college graduates of different ages, gender, ... -
Characteristics of female students who aspire to science and engineering or homemaking occupations
(Wiley Blackwell, 1995-06)This study identified predictors that discriminated between nontraditional and traditional career aspirations in a sample composed of 930 eighth?grade female students (52 Asian Americans, 123 Hispanics, 61 African Americans, ... -
Characteristics of US students that pursued a STEM major and factor predicted persistence in degree completion
(Horizon Research Publishing Corporation, 2016)Low participation and completion rates in the science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) careers are a world-wide concern. This study tracked American college students over a 5-year period and identifies factors ... -
Comparing interactions of field-based and campus-based preservice teachers
(Taylor & Francis Ltd, 1998)Historically, the United States has been faced with the challenge of providing an adequate and appropriate education to a diverse population. As the ethnic tapestry depicting American culture becomes more interwoven and ... -
Counseling and educational reform
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Cultural differences in career decision-making styles and self-efficacy
(Elsevier, 2000)This study examined the cultural relevance of two important career constructs: career decision-making style and career decision-making self-efficacy. Two distinct cultural groups of college students, Americans (N=540) and ... -
Cultural dimensions of career decision-making difficulties
(Wiley Blackwell, 2004-09)This study investigated cultural dimensions of career decision-making difficulties using the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire. Career decision-making difficulties were compared among White, African, Hispanic, ... -
Decision-making style as a predictor of career decision-making status and treatment gains
(SAGE Publications, 1995-01)This study investigated the predictability of rational decision- making style on career decision-making status and treatment gains based on a computer-based career intervention. Decision-making style, in relation to ... -
Educational and vocational aspirations of minority and female students: A longitudinal study
(American Counseling Association, 2000)This study examined the relative importance of school, family, personal/psychological, race, and sex variables in predicting educational and vocational aspirations. A nationally representative sample of 10th-grade students ... -
Educational planning and academic achievement of middle school students: A racial and cultural comparison
(Wiley Blackwell, 1995-05)A nationally representative sample of middle school students from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds was surveyed on educational aspirations, planning, and achievements. Results indicated significant racial and gender ... -
Effects of career interventions on vocational cognitive complexity
(SAGE Publications, 1997-06)The article reports on the effects of career interventions on vocational cognitive complexity. Career development can be viewed as an ongoing restructuring of vocational schemas, proceeding from a state of undifferentiation ... -
Effects of computer-assisted career decision making on vocational identity and career exploratory behaviors
(SAGE Publications, 1999)Undergraduates (n=108) were assigned to six groups: computerized Career Decision-Making (CDM), computerized Self-Directed Search (SDS), CHOICES, CDM and SDS, wait-listed, or control. Teaching decision-making strategies ... -
Effects of computer-assisted instruction in using formal decision-making strategies to choose a college major
(American Psychological Association, 1992-04)Compared the effects of using formal decision-making strategies on the quality of students' decisions about choice of a college major. The interaction of students' decision-making characteristics, stage, and style on ... -
Equity education: A longitudinal study comparing multicultural knowledge and dispositions of field-base and campus-based teacher candidates
(Elsevier, 2009-01)Two groups of teacher candidates, enrolled either in a field-based or campus-based program, were measured before and after their first semester of teacher education courses and again at the end of their student teaching ...