PROFILE OF VOCATIONAL CERTAINTY IN PUBLICAND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES:PERSONAL AND SOCIAL VARIABLES

摘要

The objective of this study was to identify the influence of the social and course ofstudy factors on vocational certainty in a sample that includes 392 third semester studentsfrom different Bachelors in public and private universities of the city of Hermosillo,Sonora, Mexico. It was used the Comprehensive Scale of Course of study Factors (IAFC)of Aguilar et al. (1992) version for colleges. In addition, vocational context indicatorswere included (Gimeno, Rocabert and Lopez, 1996, in Lopez, 2004); as well as schooland socio-demographic data. By structural equations a multifactorial predictive model onvocational certainty is created, in which social and course of study variables explain 23%of the vocational certainty variance, getting a good fit. It is suggested the program designof educational orientation through which intervention is developed in socio-labor,academic and personal environments so as to facilitate the academic and professionalstudents' elections.