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Article: Career maturity levels of male intercollegiate varsity athletes
- Article from:
- Career Development Quarterly
- Article date:
- March 1, 1996
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CopyrightCopyright American Counseling Association Mar 1996. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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In the 1950s, Super attempted to integrate developmental theory with the concept of occupational choice. He described this development through life stages that were facilitated by maturing abilities and interests (Super, 1953). The validation of his theory was based on the Career Pattern Study, a longitudinal study on the career development of men (Super et al., 1957). Based on this study, he developed the construct of career maturity, defined as a constellation of physical, psychological, and social factors.
Kennedy and Dimick (1987) examined this construct in relationship to athletic participation in revenue sports. They found that student-athletes participating in revenue-producing ...