The purpose of this study was to provide additional validity evidence for a model of person–environment fit based on polychronicity, stimulus load, and information processing capacities. In this line of research the confluence of polychronicity and information processing (e.g., the ability of individuals to process stimuli from the environment along five dimensions of information load, interpersonal load, chang...
Person—Environment (P-E) fit models provide a conceptually powerful way to think about career development, vocational choice, and occupational success. The work reported here focuses on yet another pair of P-E criteria: self-reported individual capacity for information processing (the ability to tolerate information overload from a variety of stimulus sources), and the corresponding demand characteristics for i...
This paper presents empirical findings from a 10-year longitudinal study of the educational and occupational socialization of 445 participants who were about 7 years old when first tested, and about 17 years old at the fourth time of measurement. In addition to collecting psychological measurements from the participants, behavioral reports were collected from significant others, specifically parents and teacher...
En este trabajo se afronta la problemática de la conflitualidad familiar (pareja) y de sus efectos acerca del comportamiento de los niños (hijos), bien como su respectivo desarrollo emocional. Los datos de esta pesquisa contrarían las ideas del sentido común, acerca esta temática, y postula que los conflictos diarios surgen como realidades que, si abordadas en una perspectiva construtivista, pueden revelar-se e...
This article analyzes the implications of sociopolitical context for career services delivery. Beginning with a reflection on the social foundations of the practice of career counseling, 4 specific Portuguese conditions are presented and discussed in light of existing knowledge in the field. The 4 underlying issues presented are (a) the impact of political changes on career services delivery, (b) the rigidity v...
Neste artigo os autores apresentam uma reflexão sobre a necessidade da construção de convergências sistémicas na psicologia vocacional, nomeadamente ao nível dos diferentes modelos conceptuais, da teoria e da prática, do contexto social vs. aconselhamento de carreira e das dimensões clínicas da orientação vocacional
In this article, we present an overview of the political context of vocational psychology and career counseling in Portugal. The essence of our position is that career counseling needs to encompass all the major tasks of personal and social development, beyond the traditional focus on primarily vocational/occupational goals. Given the importance of social and political factors that are apparent in an analysis o...
Neste artigo, salientamos a importância de factores contextuais para a compreensão dos processos de escolha e de desenvolvimento de carreira. Partindo de uma perspectiva abrangente sobre o desenvolvimento vocacional, propomos uma reflexão em tomo de factores relevantes e, ao mesmo tempo, sensíveis neste domínio. De entre esses factores, destacamos o sexo, a raça/etnia, a orientação sexual, o estatuto socio-econ...
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