Peer Pressure Are Good Predictors of Career Choice Among Grade 11 Student of Sagayen National High School

PEER PRESSURE ARE GOOD PREDICTORS OF CAREER CHOICE AMONG
GRADE 11 STUDENT OF SAGAYEN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
A Quantitative Research Presented

TO SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL FACULTY
Sagayen National High School
Sagayen, Asuncion, Davao del Norte
In Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Subject
PRACTICAL RESEARCH 3
SECOND SEMESTER
School Year 2019 - 2020
JHUN ELY BHOY P. CAMPOMANES

QUEENY L. CAPANGPANGAN
JENEFER DISTRO
JANUARY 2019
Chapter 1
INTRODUCTION
In local setting specifically in Sagayen National High School, choosing a course is very
difficult task to do. The peer pressure affects the career choice of the students because
it will be one of the factor that can be a hindrance to them on choosing their aspiring
courses in the tertiary level. In the senior high school, most of the students surveyed
and stated that they does not even know on what will be their course on college. The
problem was address due to their financial, emotional and social problem in the
community.
This study emphasize the factors that affect the students in choosing the course in
college. If the peer pressure can greatly affect the students will in choosing a career or
course in college.
Objectives
1. To describe the level of the peer pressure in terms of;
1.1 Family influence
1.2 School influence
1.3 Gender influence
1.4 Peer influence
2. To describe the level of the career choice in terms of;
2.1 Succeeded
2.2 Enthusiastic
2.3 Admiration
2.4 Afraid or worried
3. To determine the significant relationship of the peer pressure and their career choice.
4. To determine which domain of peer pressure significant affect to the career choice.
Hypothesis
1. There is no relationship between peer pressure and the career choice.
2. There is no domain of peer pressure significant affect to the career choice.
Conceptual Paradigm
Peer Pressure
Career Choice
 Family Influence
 School Influence  Succeeded
 Gender Influence  Enthusiastic
 Peer Influence  Admiration
 Afraid or worried
Theory
The present study was informed by Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory and
Albert Bandura’s Social Cognitive Theory in examining the factors that influence career
pathways among high school students. The two theories were chosen because of their
relevance to career issues, especially career development. They include both social and
cognitive factors while being sensitive to cultural aspects. Students live in a social world
where they interact with the environment as they seek guidance towards careers. These
theories deal with the cognitive aspects of the students by making them aware of their
decisions.
John Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory, developed in 1979, emphasises the
importance of behaviour (actions) and cognition (knowing and thinking) (Sharf,
1997:324). The essence of Krumboltz’s view is that certain generic processes, such as
learning experiences, affect the career development of all persons regardless of their
cultural affiliations (Lent & Worthington, 2000:380) hence the need to explore the factors
that influence career pathways among high school students in Zimbabwe. This theory
differs from other theories of career development in that its focus is on teaching people
career decision making techniques and how to use such techniques effectively in
selecting career alternatives (Ireh, 2000:36). The types of learning experiences that
affect an individual are dependent on his or her culture (Lent & Worthington, 2000:380)
More Over According to Crites’ (1976) Career Maturity Theory, there are five
processes related to making competent career choices. These are: (a) self-appraisal,
(b) occupational information, (c) goal selection, (d) making future plans, and (e) problem
solving. Combined with a young adult’s mature attitude toward making career decisions,
these processes offer an operational framework within which to conceptualize and
intervene in young adults’ career decision-making process. In fact, Crites’ theory,
combined with Bandura’s (1977; 1982) Social Cognitive Theory (discussed in detail
later), provided the basis for the most widely used scale measuring Career Decision
SelfEfficacy, the CDSE (Betz, Klein, & Taylor, 1996; Taylor & Betz, 1983) and along
with Lent, Brown, and Hackett’s (1994) Social Cognitive Career Theory (SCCT), plays a
central role in the proposed study.
Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), developed by Albert Bandura in 1986, purports
that contextual variables such as social support, which includes friends, family and
relatives, influence the career choice of an individual (Choo, Norsia & Tan, 2012:22).
Social persuasion also affects an individual’s choice of career (Lent, Brown & Hacket,
2002:36) because there is dialogue between children and their environment. Similarly,
Bandura posited that when individuals watch their peers succeeding, they are likely to
believe that they can also succeed (Mills, 2009:9). In this career development model, a
person’s background (or contextual factors) and individual characteristics influence
his/her learning experiences and consequently self-efficacy (Tang, Pan & Newmeyer,
2008:285). According to (Bandura 1989: and Alexander, Seabi and Bischof 2010),
because of the bi-directionality of influence between behavior and environmental
circumstances, people are both products and producers of their environment.

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PEER PRESSURE ARE GOOD PREDICTORS OF CAREER CHOICE AMONG

GRADE 11 STUDENT OF SAGAYEN NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

A Quantitative Research Presented

JHUN ELY BHOY P. CAMPOMANES

1. To describe the level of the peer pressure in terms of;

1.1 Family influence

1.2 School influence

1.3 Gender influence

1.4 Peer influence

2. To describe the level of the career choice in terms of;

2.4 Afraid or worried

1. There is no relationship between peer pressure and the career choice.

2. There is no domain of peer pressure significant affect to the career choice.

John Krumboltz’s Social Learning Theory, developed in 1979, emphasises the

importance of behaviour (actions) and cognition (knowing and thinking) (Sharf,

these processes offer an operational framework within which to conceptualize and

intervene in young adults’ career decision-making process. In fact, Crites’ theory,

central role in the proposed study.

Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), developed by Albert Bandura in 1986, purports

person’s background (or contextual factors) and individual characteristics influence

because of the bi-directionality of influence between behavior and environmental

circumstances, people are both products and producers of their environment.

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