Abstract
Making a career decision is a complex task that may result in indecision—a condition frequently associated with psychological distress and anxiety. Helping clients deal with indecision is an important challenge for career counselors. This chapter presents a career-specific coping model and a corresponding measure for assessing individuals’ strategies for coping with career indecision (SCCI). The major concepts of the model were adopted from previous theories of coping with stress. The SCCI model consists of 14 strategies that represent three coping styles: productive coping, support-seeking, and nonproductive coping. The chapter reviews the results of studies that tested the SCCI model, the relative effectiveness of the various strategies, and practical implications of using SCCI for assessment and measuring outcomes.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | New perspectives on career counseling and guidance in Europe |
| Subtitle of host publication | building careers in changing and diverse societies |
| Editors | Valérie Cohen-Scali, Jerome Rossier, Laura Nota |
| Place of Publication | Cham |
| Publisher | Springer International Publishing AG |
| Pages | 71-85 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9783319614762 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9783319870878 |
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| State | Published - 12 Oct 2017 |
Keywords
- coping effectiveness
- career counselling
- career assessment
- career coping strategies
- career indecision
- career decision-making