Career Indecision Versus Indecisiveness: Associations With Personality Traits and Emotional Intelligence

Annamaria Di Fabio*, Letizia Palazzeschi, Lisa Asulin-Peretz, Itamar Gati

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)42-56
Number of pages15
JournalJournal of Career Assessment
Volume21
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2013

Keywords

  • career decision-making difficulties
  • career decision-making self-efficacy
  • career indecision
  • emotional intelligence
  • indecisiveness
  • perceived social support
  • personality traits

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