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+Career-Related Parent Support Scale

Mazer & Thompson (2012)

Topic: Social Support - Parent Support

Instructions:

Rate each item using the scale.

Response Options: 

    (1) Strongly Disagree ; (2), (3) Uncertain ; (4), (5) Strongly Agree 

Items:

  1. My parents reward me for doing my schoolwork well.
  2. My parents teach me things that I will someday be able to use at my job.
  3. My parents help me pick out classes that will help me in my career.
  4. My parents give me chores that teach me skills I can use in my future career.
  5. My parents help me do my homework.
  6. My parents let me do activities outside of school that teach me future job-related skills.
  7. My parents talk to me about how what I am learning will someday be able to help me on the job.
  8. My parents help me take pride in my work.
  9. My parents tell me about their jobs.
  10. My parents show me the kind of things they do at work.
  11. My parents have taken me to their work.
  12. My parents have had me meet someone they work with.
  13. My parents have showed me where they work.
  14. My parents tell me about things that happen to them at work.
  15. My parents tell me about the kind of work they do.
  16. My parents praise me when I learn job-related skills.
  17. My parents encouraged me to learn as much as I can at school.
  18. My parents encouraged me to make good grades.
  19. My parents encourage me to go to a technical school or college or get a job after I graduate.
  20. My parents told me they expect me to finish school.
  21. My parents talk to me about what kind of job they would like me to have.
  22. My parents talk to me when I am worried about my future career.
  23. My parents say things that make me happy when I learn something I might use in a job sometime.
  24. My parents talk to me about what fun my future job could be.
  25. My parents tell me they are proud of me when I do well in school.
  26. Sometimes my parents and I get excited when we talk about what a great job I might have someday.
  27. My parents know I am sometimes scared about my future career.

Citation:

Turner, S. L., Alliman-Brissett, A., Lapan, R. T., Udipi, S., & Ergun, D. (2003). The Career-Related Parent Support Scale. Measurement & Evaluation in Counseling & Development, 36(2). https://doi.org/10.1080/07481756.2003.12069084 Links to an external site.. 

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