Abstract
We tested the associations among the career decision-making difficulties, the career decision status, and either (a) the career decision-making profiles of 575 young adults, or (b) the coping strategies of 379 young adults. As hypothesized, a more advanced decision status was negatively associated with both career decision-making difficulties (η2 = .24) and the use of non-productive coping strategies (η2 = .10), and positively associated with an adaptive career decision-making profile (η2 = .05) and the use of support-seeking coping strategies (η2 = .06). Productive coping strategies were not found to be associated with decision status (η2 = .01). The results and their implications are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 285-309 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| Journal | International Journal for Educational and Vocational Guidance |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 1 Oct 2017 |
Bibliographical note
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Keywords
- Career decision-making difficulties
- Career decision-making process
- Career indecision