Coping as a moderator of the relation between anxiety and career decision making.

Many studies have focused on the differences between decided and undecideds students. Moreover, researchers have also related career indecision to a host of personality variables. The primary purpose of this study was to examine and to describe possible subtypes of undecideds through cluster analysis. Eighty-seven undecided and 26 decided students were individually interviewed and completed four instruments on career planning and problem solving. Compared with previous research, this study used more stringent criteria in selecting the undecided students. Also in contrast with previous research, an initial analysis indicated that the decided and undecided students differed on a broad range of career-planning variables. The cluster analysis revealed four distinct subtypes of undecided students, (a) planless avoiders, (b) informed indecisives, (c) confident but uninformed, and (d) uninformed. We discuss the results in terms of previous research, implications for intervention strategies, and methodological issues.

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Development and evaluation of a measure of fear of commitment.

Serling

Betz²

1990

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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The purpose of this series of studies was to examine the utility of fear of commitment in understanding the differences between career undecidedness vs. more complicated and chronic career indecisiveness. Undecided and decided college students were targeted on the basis of the hypothesis that educational indecision comprises a cognitive and behavioral pattern that is related to career indecision and may be related to career indecisiveness. The 3 studies with a total of 707 college students involved the psychometric evaluation and study of the correlates of a measure of fear of commitment, which was highly reliable. Fear of commitment was related as predicted to both state and trait anxiety and to self-esteem and was also found to be significantly higher in undecided versus decided college students. Implications for the understanding of career indecisiveness are discussed.

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Coping as a moderator of the relation between anxiety and career decision making.

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Perspectives on vocational behavior, 1986: A review

Perspectives on vocational behavior, 1986: A review

Investigating multiple subtypes of career indecision through cluster analysis.

Development and evaluation of a measure of fear of commitment.

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