Do You Know What You're Looking for? Assessing Preference Crystallization

Gati, Itamar; Shimoni, Aviva

doi:10.1037/e514592008-001

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“…Gati and his colleagues (Gati & Ram, 2000; Gati & Shimoni, 2009; Shimoni et al, 2015) developed an index for CPC, which we used in the current study. To create this index we used the participants’ responses about their optimal and additional acceptable levels, indicating their willingness to compromise on each aspect, and the importance ratings of the 31 aspects.…”

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“…However, crystallization can be conceptualized not only as based on interests or career alternatives under consideration, but also as based on career-related aspects. In terms of career aspects (e.g., teamwork, independence, using verbal ability, work environment, length of training, income; Gati, 1998), CPC is the degree to which the individual has well-defined and focused preferences (Gati & Shimoni, 2009). Uncrystallized preferences may lead to floundering among career options without a clear target.…”

Section: Career-preference Crystallization (Cpc)mentioning

confidence: 99%

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Gender differences in the association of depression with career indecisiveness, career-decision status, and career-preference crystallization.

Gadassi¹,

Waser²,

Gati³

2015

Journal of Counseling Psychology

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Depression has detrimental effects on broad areas of functioning. However, its association with career decision-making factors has been largely unexplored. In the present study, we focused on the association between career decision-making difficulties, career-decision status, and career-preference crystallization, on the one hand, and depression, on the other. The hypothesis that high levels of career decision-making difficulties, less advanced decision status, and low levels of preference crystallization are associated with higher levels of depressive symptoms was tested with a sample of 222 college seniors. In addition, since it has been found that work-related stressors are more often associated with depression among men than women, it was hypothesized that the associations between vocational factors and depression would be stronger for men than for women. The participants filled out online self-report questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms, emotional and personality-related career decision-making difficulties, career-decision status, and career preferences. The results indicated that self-concept and identity-related career decision-making difficulties were associated with depressive symptoms for both men and women. In addition, for men, but not for women, less crystallization of career preferences also predicted higher levels of depressive symptoms. These results show how important it is for counseling psychologists to understand the role of the individual's vocational situation in depression.

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Section: Career-preference Crystallization (Cpc)mentioning

confidence: 99%