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Peter Alexander Creed

Peter Alexander Creed

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Psychology

D-Index
61
Citations
13412
World Ranking
3396
National Ranking
174

Overview

Peter Alexander Creed is affiliated with Griffith University in Australia and conducts research primarily within the social sciences and psychology. Their work spans several subfields including safety research, education, social psychology, organizational behavior and human resource management, and clinical psychology.

The main topics addressed in their research include career development and diversity, job satisfaction and organizational behavior, higher education and employability, perfectionism, procrastination and anxiety studies, grit, self-efficacy and motivation, work-family balance challenges, and employment and welfare studies.

Recent publications by Peter Alexander Creed include:

  • The Relationship Between Family Socioeconomic Status and Career Outcomes: A Life History Perspective (2020), published in the Journal of Career Development
  • The Development and Initial Validation of a Self-Report Job Precariousness Scale Suitable for Use With Young Adults Who Study and Work (2020), published in the Journal of Career Assessment
  • Young adults' perceived future employability: antecedents and consequences (2020), published in the International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance
  • Career Goal Setting and Goal Pursuit in Young Adults: The Role of Financial Distress (2020), published in the Journal of Career Development
  • Adolescent-Parent Career Congruence as a Predictor of Job Search Preparatory Behaviors: The Role of Proactivity (2021), published in the Journal of Career Development

Frequent co-authors working alongside Peter Alexander Creed include Michelle Hood, Andrea Bialocerkowski, Amanda L. Duffy, Dian Ratna Sawitri, and Lindsay Eastgate.

The most common publication venues for Creed's work are:

  • International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance (10 publications)
  • Journal of Career Development (7 publications)
  • Journal of Career Assessment (6 publications)
  • PsycTESTS Dataset (5 publications)
  • Journal of Education and Work (4 publications)

Peter Alexander Creed's expertise lies at the intersection of career development, educational and vocational guidance, and psychological factors affecting young adults. Their research contributes to understanding the various social and psychological influences on career paths and employability outcomes.

Best Publications

  • The Relationship between Career Adaptability, Person and Situation Variables, and Career Concerns in Young Adults.

    Peter Alexander Creed;Tracy Majella Fallon;Michelle Heather Hood

  • The role of personality in adolescent career planning and exploration: A social cognitive perspective

    Mary Elizabeth Rogers;Peter Alexander Creed;Ian Glendon

  • A longitudinal examination of adolescent career planning and exploration using a social cognitive career theory framework

    Mary Elizabeth Rogers;Peter Alexander Creed

  • Multidimensional Properties of the Lot-R: Effects of Optimism and Pessimism on Career and Well-Being Related Variables in Adolescents:

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton;Dee Bartrum

  • Gender Differences for Optimism, Self-esteem, Expectations and Goals in Predicting Career Planning and Exploration in Adolescents

    Wendy Patton;Dee Bartrum;Peter Alexander Creed

  • The relative effects of deprivation of the latent and manifest benefits of employment on the well-being of unemployed people.

    Peter Alexander Creed;Sean Macintyre

  • Relationships at school and stage-environment fit as resources for adolescent engagement and achievement.

    Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck;Heather Chipuer;Michelle Peta Hanisch;Peter Alexander Creed

  • The Use of Legal Coercion in the Treatment of Substance Abusers: An Overview and Critical Analysis of Thirty Years of Research

    Stefanie Marie Luise Klag;Frances Veronica O'Callaghan;Peter Alexander Creed

  • Developmental Issues in Career Maturity and Career Decision Status

    Wendy Patton;Peter Alexander Creed

  • Predicting two components of career maturity in school-based adolescents

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton

  • Causal Relationship between Career Indecision and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy: A Longitudinal Cross-Lagged Analysis

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton;Lee-Ann Prideaux

  • Internal and External Barriers, Cognitive Style, and the Career Development Variables of Focus and Indecision

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton;Dee Bartrum

  • Antecedents and consequences of career decisional states in adolescence

    Peter Alexander Creed;Lee-Ann Prideaux;Wendy Patton

  • Predicting change over time in career planning and career exploration for high school students.

    Peter Alexander Creed;Wendy Patton;Lee-Ann Prideaux

  • The use of lecture recordings in higher education: A review of institutional, student, and lecturer issues

    Frances V. O'callaghan;David L. Neumann;Liz Jones;Peter A. Creed

  • Leaving high school: the influence and consequences for psychological well-being and career-related confidence

    Peter Alexander Creed;Juanita Muller;Wendy Patton

  • The relationship between career variables and occupational aspirations and expectations for Australian high school adolescents

    Wendy Patton;Peter Alexander Creed

  • Testing a Calling Model of Psychological Career Success in Australian Young Adults: A Longitudinal Study

    Anna Praskova;Michelle Heather Hood;Peter Alexander Creed

  • Self-esteem and self-efficacy outcomes for unemployed individuals attending occupational skills training programs

    Peter Alexander Creed;Tracey Bloxsome;Karla Johnston

  • Simulation based virtual learning environment in medical genetics counseling: an example of bridging the gap between theory and practice in medical education

    Guido Makransky;Mads Tvillinggaard Bonde;Julie S. G. Wulff;Jakob Wandall

  • The relative effects of deprivation of the latent and manifest benefits of employment on the wellbeing of unemployed people

    Peter Creed;Sean Macintyre

Frequent Co-Authors

Wendy Patton
Wendy Patton Queensland University of Technology
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck
Melanie J. Zimmer-Gembeck Griffith University
Lea Waters
Lea Waters University of Melbourne
David L. Neumann
David L. Neumann Griffith University
David Shum
David Shum Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Paula M. Barrett
Paula M. Barrett Edith Cowan University
Tian P. S. Oei
Tian P. S. Oei University of Queensland

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