Distinguishing Developmental from Chronic Career Indecision: Self-Efficacy, Autonomy, and Social Support

Autor/inn/en	Guay, Frederic; Ratelle, Catherine F.; Senecal, Caroline; Larose, Simon; Deschnes, Andree
Titel	Distinguishing Developmental from Chronic Career Indecision: Self-Efficacy, Autonomy, and Social Support
Quelle	In: Journal of Career Assessment, 14 (2006) 2, S.235-251 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1069-0727
DOI	10.1177/1069072705283975
Schlagwörter	Validity; Self Efficacy; Career Choice; Decision Making; College Students; Longitudinal Studies; Self Determination; Student Motivation; Personal Autonomy; Social Support Groups; Classification + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gültigkeit; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Collegestudent; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Selbstbestimmung; Schulische Motivation; Individuelle Autonomie; Social support; Soziale Unterstützung; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem
Abstract	Career indecision can be divided into two categories: developmental and chronic indecision. The former is generally viewed as a developmentally normal problem resulting from a lack of information on the self and on the world of work, whereas the latter is defined as a pervasive inability to make a decision about one's career. The goals of the present study were to test the validity of this typology of career indecision and to explain these types of indecision as a function of self-efficacy, autonomy, and support from parents and friends. Based on a 3-year longitudinal design with college students (N = 325), results provided validity for this typology by revealing the presence of two indecision groups (chronically undecided and developmentally undecided) and a group of students who are decided. In addition, results indicated that self-efficacy and autonomy are important dimensions that make it possible to distinguish between these three groups. (Contains 4 tables and 2 figures.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10