Julia Dietrich joined the PATHWAYS Programme in January 2011. She is based at the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies at the University of Helsinki. Her PhD in developmental psychology was completed in December 2010 at the University of Erfurt, Germany, where she was trained by Bärbel Kracke. Julia's dissertation, entitled "Adolescents' and Parents' Developmental Regulation During the Transition From School To Higher Education", investigated the associations between career-related developmental regulation of adolescents and parents. To assess their regulation on a micro-level of development, she conducted a diary study with weekly assessments during the college application process.

During her PhD, Julia collaborated with Jari-Erik Nurmi, University of Jyväskylä, and Katariina Salmela-Aro, University of Helsinki, on research on personal goals during educational and career transitions. Moreover, she worked in a research project at the University of Erfurt on reducing gender bias in vocational interest assessment.

Julia's research as a PATHWAYS Fellow will focus on adolescents' engagement related to education and career. She is particularly interested in the role of contextual factors, such as parental activities or educational tracking, for adolescents' engagement.

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Publications

Papers

Related to PATHWAYS

Dietrich, J., Parker, P., Salmela-Aro, K. (under review). Phase-adequate engagement at the post-school transition.

Dietrich, J. & Salmela-Aro, K. (under review). Parental involvement and adolescents’ career goal pursuit during the post-school transition.

Symonds, J., Chow, A., Dietrich, J., & Salmela-Aro, K. (under review). Effects of transition from compulsory schooling in Finland and England on adolescent mental health.

Symonds, J., Dietrich, J., Chow, A., & Salmela-Aro, K. (under review). Adolescent mental health development across two age-graded transitions in Finland.

Other Publications

Dietrich, J., Jokisaari, M., & Nurmi, J.-E. (2012). Work-related goal appraisals and stress during the transition from education to work. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 80, 82-92.

Dietrich, J. & Kracke, B. (2011). Brief report: Cross-informant ratings of self- and other-regulation at career transitions in adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 1097-1101.

Dietrich, J., Kracke, B., & Nurmi, J.-E. (2011). Parents’ role in adolescents’ decision on a college major: A weekly diary study. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 79, 134-144.

Noack, P., Kracke, B., Gniewosz, B., & Dietrich, J. (2010). Parental and school effects on students' occupational exploration: A longitudinal and multilevel analysis. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 77, 50-57.

Dietrich, J. & Kracke, B. (2009). Career-specific parental behaviors in adolescents’ development. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 75, 109-119.

Dietrich, J., Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., & Kracke, B. (under review). Deciding on a college major: Commitment trajectories, career exploration, and academic well-being.

Schindler, I., Dietrich, J., & Berg, C. A. (under review). Why collaborate with close others when choosing a college major?

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