Abstract

• The main purpose of this study was to investigate career-related parent support and vocational identity of high school students. Furthermore, this study aimed to investigate the differences in career-related parent support and vocational identity of high school students by gender, age, schools, districts and socioeconomic status. The population of this study consisted of Grade Ten and Grade Eleven students in Yangon Region. The sample of this study included 615 high school students from seven high schools in Yangon Region. Career-Related Parent Support Scale Questionnaires (CRPSS) developed by Turner et al. (2003) and Vocational Identity Scale Questionnaires (VIS) developed by Holland et al. (1980) were used to measure career-related parent support and vocational identity. In this study, there was no significant difference in overall scale as well as four subscales of high school students’ career-related parent support by gender, age and socioeconomic status (SES). Regarding schools and districts, significant difference was found to be overall scale as well as four-subscales of high school students’ career-related parent support. And then, there was no significant difference in vocational identity of high school students by gender and age. Regarding schools, districts and SES, significant difference was found to be in high school students’ vocational identity. Finally, the correlation result showed that career-related parent support and vocational identity were positively correlated. The findings of this study will be hopefully applicable to counselors, parents and educators to assist the children in career counseling and parental education.