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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782907603321

Autore

Sachs Steven B. <1954->

Titolo

Voices of reason [[electronic resource] ] : adolescents talk about their futures over time / / Steven B. Sachs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Westport, Conn., : Bergin & Garvey, 2002

ISBN

1-4294-7302-9

0-313-07562-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (296 p.)

Disciplina

646.7/00835

Soggetti

Teenagers - United States

Teenagers - Vocational guidance - United States

Decision making in adolescence - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-276) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preliminaries; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Introduction; 2 Theoretical Orientation; 3 The Great Orator; 4 Goes With the Wind; 5 Pulling Teeth; 6 A Balancing Act; 7 Getting the Job Done; 8 The Com passionate Communicator; 9 Two Voices; 10 Seeing Beyond the Talk; 11 Conclusion Implications for Research and Practice; Appendix 1 Selective Quantitative Findings from Early Questionnaire; Appendix 2 General Coding Categories; Appendix 3 Rules for Coding Future Talk; Appendix 4 Coder Instructions Coding Future Talk; Appendix 5 Interviewer Discourse Codes Examples

Appendix 6 Discussion about Reliability and Validity in This StudyBibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Based on a five-year study, this work uses excerpts from interviews to examine ten adolescents' reasoning or ""groundedness"" for choices they make about their future, and offers suggestions for improving guidance services.