TY - JOUR
T1 - Career Indecision Versus Indecisiveness
T2 - Associations With Personality Traits and Emotional Intelligence
AU - Di Fabio, Annamaria
AU - Palazzeschi, Letizia
AU - Asulin-Peretz, Lisa
AU - Gati, Itamar
PY - 2013/2
Y1 - 2013/2
N2 - The goal of the present study was to investigate the distinctions between career indecision and indecisiveness. The different patterns of the associations between career indecision and indecisiveness, on one hand, and personality traits, career decision-making self-efficacy, perceived social support, and emotional intelligence, on the other, were studied in a sample of 361 university students. The results showed that career indecision, as measured by the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire, is most highly associated with emotional intelligence, whereas career indecisiveness, as measured by the Indecisiveness scale, is most highly associated with personality traits, and in particular with emotional stability. This pattern of results was obtained for both women and men; however, the prediction was stronger for indecision (R2 =.76 and.55, for women and men, respectively) than indecisiveness (R2 =.35 and.28, for women than for men, respectively). Possible explanations of these differences are discussed.
AB - The goal of the present study was to investigate the distinctions between career indecision and indecisiveness. The different patterns of the associations between career indecision and indecisiveness, on one hand, and personality traits, career decision-making self-efficacy, perceived social support, and emotional intelligence, on the other, were studied in a sample of 361 university students. The results showed that career indecision, as measured by the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire, is most highly associated with emotional intelligence, whereas career indecisiveness, as measured by the Indecisiveness scale, is most highly associated with personality traits, and in particular with emotional stability. This pattern of results was obtained for both women and men; however, the prediction was stronger for indecision (R2 =.76 and.55, for women and men, respectively) than indecisiveness (R2 =.35 and.28, for women than for men, respectively). Possible explanations of these differences are discussed.
KW - career decision-making difficulties
KW - career decision-making self-efficacy
KW - career indecision
KW - emotional intelligence
KW - indecisiveness
KW - perceived social support
KW - personality traits
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84873687684&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1069072712454698
DO - 10.1177/1069072712454698
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AN - SCOPUS:84873687684
SN - 1069-0727
VL - 21
SP - 42
EP - 56
JO - Journal of Career Assessment
JF - Journal of Career Assessment
IS - 1
ER -