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Personal Values, Gender Differences and Academic Preferences: An Experimental Investigation

Year: 2015

Type: article

Abstract: There is a plethora of information on personal values and career choices which is of great concern to parents, educators, and policy makers. The Self-determination theory shows that personal values and psychological needs are directly linked. The present study emphasizes the impact of personal values on choice of academic disciplines of young adults in the eastern society. It focuses on the comparative study of value orientation of 400 students of two educational fields of different colleges of Punjab, India by using The Aspiration Index. Findings indicate that students in arts/humanities stream score high on intrinsic value orientation and vice versa for business/technical stream. The findings have been discussed, in the light of gender differences along with the transition in value system and subsequent choice of academic discipline.

Source: International journal of applied psychology

Authors: Lovleen Berring, Santha Kumari, Simerpreet Ahuja

Language: English

Topic: Career Development and Diversity

Subfield: Applied Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Gender equality, Quality education

Open Access status: diamond

OpenAlex ID: W1932516114

FWCI: 0.486

Cites: 66

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10