The Impact of Child-Parent Relationship on Young Adults’ Career Choice
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Chen, Xiaomai. 2021. The Impact of Child-Parent Relationship on Young Adults’ Career Choice. Master's thesis, Harvard University Division of Continuing Education.Abstract
Career choice is one of the most importance decision that young adults make,which may impact them for a long time. Decades of research studying the factors that
influence young adults career choice established the critical role that parents play in
shaping their child’s career decisions. However, there has been no definitive
understanding of the child-parent relationship quality as an influencing factor to the
specific type of jobs young adults select.
This study aimed to bridge this gap by examining the relationship between the
quality of the child-parent relationship and the child’s career choice using job stability as
a measure. It first evaluated the job stability measure for each career category by
comparing the perceived job stability data from young adults with the data published by
the government. It then quantified the child-parent relationship quality and examined how
it related to the job stability data. The results showed that there were weak positive
correlations between the child-parent relationship and the stability of child’s career,
which countered the initial hypothesis that young adults who enjoy better relationships
with their parents are more likely to choose a less stable career. This study also explored
other factors that may influence young adults’ career decisions, and provided directions
for future investigations in this field.
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