Expanding Urban Minority Youth’s Career Knowledge and Opportunities: Utilizing the Constructs of Work Hope and Possible Selves

• In Event: Poster Session 15
  In Poster Session: Expanding the Field of Diversity Research in Psychology and Education

Abstract

This poster describes the potential contributions that the constructs of work hope and possible selves make for designing career counseling interventions and for better understanding possible career-related factors associated with academic engagement and achievement among urban minority youth. This poster also presents an example of a career counseling intervention that emphasizes the aforementioned constructs. Lastly, this poster illustrates the significance of present and potential future findings on practice with urban minority youth.

Authors

• Jennie Park-Taylor, Fordham University

• Angela P. Vargas, Fordham University