| Abstract: | As a reaction to the article by D. M. Tokar, J. R. Withrow, R. J. Hall, and B. Moradi (see record 2002-08430-002), this commentary discusses the most pressing methodological and theoretical challenges embedded in the study of family relationship factors in the career decision making of college students. A number of the outstanding theoretical and empirical issues characteristic of structural equation modeling are reviewed, with a focus on the dilemmas that emerged in the Tokar et al. study. The use of a measure of vocational self-concept crystallization as a mediational variable is also assessed. A more expansive look at these issues culminates in a broader analysis of how modem and postmodern approaches to psychological research could be used to generate the needed knowledge on how relationships and work are interrelated. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
