Developing vocational identity – a key premise in orienting students to the future

Abstract

The article aims to highlight the role of vocational counseling / education in preventing difficulties in school adaptation and in developing vocational identity. Counseling is an approach that has been shaped since the beginning of the last century, although the initial approach had slightly different connotations from the current ones. In the set of theories and models developed by recent researchers in the field of vocational and career identity Luyckx, Lent, Brown and other authors introduce the Student Career Construction Inventory (2018) to explain the processes involved in vocational and career development. The present study represents a theoretical analysis of the dimensions identified by the mentioned authors, in order to offer readers an integrative perspective on a useful working tool for researchers, psychologists, teachers, considering that the future orientation of the students is a goal of each one of them.