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Vocational Identity Development and Career Choice Among Adolescents: A Survey of Private Schools in Lalitpur
Uttsikha Adhikari 1 *
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1 Kathmandu University School of Education, Lalitpur, Nepal* Corresponding Author
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Journal of Education and Research, Volume 15, Issue 1, 2025, 26-49

Publication date: May 30, 2025

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ABSTRACT
The growth of self-awareness regarding one's personality, skills and intelligence, values, interests, and goals is known as Vocational Identity Development (VID). Without VID, adolescents get confused about their higher academic endeavors and join courses that do not match their ideal career. This causes distortion among adolescents about their interests and passions, leading to random and incompatible career choices. This research aimed to examine the impact of VID practice on career choice among adolescents. For this research, 215 class teachers of either Grade 9 or 10 from private schools in Lalitpur district were surveyed. The research findings suggested that even though changes in different constructs of VID practice deepen adolescents’ career choice, there are few variables of various constructs of VID practice that do not significantly affect the variables of various constructs of career choice, indicating that not all components of VID directly affect the components of career choice. However, activities conducted in schools for adolescents support VID and VID positively impact adolescents' career choices. This study suggests the necessity of educators being aware of the impact of their practices on students’ VID. It also encourages the school leaders to design school and classroom practices for adolescents to explore their vocational identity in school settings.
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vocational identity development adolescents career choice
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

This research has been conducted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Masters of Philosophy in Educational Leadership. Hearty thanks and gratitude to University Grants Commission Nepal for granting me the UGC MPhil Fellowship (Young Category) in order to conduct this research.

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The author declared no potential conflicts of interest concerning this article’s authorship and publication.

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