Career Decision-Making Difficulties and Help-Seeking Among Israeli Young Adults

Dana Vertsberger, Itamar Gati*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The present research focused on the various types of support young adults consider using when making career decisions and located factors that affect their intentions to seek help. Career decision-making difficulties (assessed by the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire), self-reported intentions to seek help, and career decision status were elicited from 300 young adults deliberating about their future career. The results show that participants’ intentions to seek help were positively correlated with their career decision-making difficulties and with their career decision status. The results also show discrepancies between the perceived effectiveness of the various types of support (e.g., family and friends, career counselors, and Internet) and the participants’ intentions to use them. Young adults are more inclined to seek help from types of support that are easily accessible to them (e.g., family and friends, and the Internet), and less from those that have been proven to be beneficial (e.g., career counselors, online questionnaires).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)145-159
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Career Development
Volume43
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Apr 2016

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Keywords

  • career counseling
  • career decision-making difficulties
  • career indecision
  • help-seeking behavior

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