The relationship between the professional models of the parents and the adult professional route of their children

The purpose of this work was to determine if those whose parents are working especially, in professions involving direct contact with people are more inclined to prefer the social sciences field and finding out if the professional models of the parents are a strong reason in sons and daughters choices. A brief overview of the relationship between research related to the professional models of the parents (patterns of original families) and the professional route of their adult children provide useful information and help in the vocational counseling and in the psychotherapy. (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier Ltd. Selection and/or peer review under responsibility of Prof. Dr. Huseyin Uzunboylu