Emotional and Personality-Related Aspects of Career Decision-Making Difficulties: Facets of Career Indecisiveness

Abstract

The current study investigated the Emotional and Personality-related Career decision-making Difficulties model and questionnaire (EPCD) by studying its associations with various personality measures in three samples: (a) 691 deliberating individuals who entered a career self-help website, (b) 197 students in a university preparatory program, and (c) 286 young adults from the general population. As hypothesized, higher levels of emotional and personality-related career decision-making difficulties, as measured by the EPCD, were associated with higher levels of neuroticism, agreeableness, perfectionism, and need for cognitive closure, and lower levels of extraversion, openness to experience, and career decision self-efficacy. In addition, higher levels of these difficulties were associated with a more external locus of control (LoC), and with being less advanced in the career decision-making process.

University Students’ Career Choice and Emotional Well-Being

“…This is expected to lead to the occupation they wish to pursue after graduation. However, many young adults report facing difficulties in making career decisions (Gati et al, 2011). These difficulties may stem from a variety of sources, including lack of readiness, lack of information, and inconsistent information (Gati, Krausz, &Osipow, 1996).…”

Emotional Intelligence and Optimistic Cognitive Style in Certainty in Career Decision Making

“…The facets of low impulsivity, and emotion expression were the more significant predictors of career certainty. In general emotional intelligence has been seen as being related to decision making efficacy [14,25,26].…”

“…Emotional intelligence is also related to attachment styles [2,13,14,16], and to psychological well-being and emotions in making decisions [14,17,18]. Emotional wellbeing, in particular life satisfaction, was positively related to the ability to decide on a career [18].…”

“…Career decision making has been studied extensively especially among adolescents and young adults with attention to relationships with mental health and wellbeing or the reverse-depression and anxiety [4,8,10,11], and social and interpersonal factors such as peer and parental attachment [12,13,14,15].…”

Poziom lęku a trudności w podejmowaniu decyzji zawodowych u uczniów szkół średnich

“…Na każdym kolejnym następuje eliminacja alternatyw, które nie spełniają w wystarczającym stopniu osobistych preferencji osoby dokonującej wyboru (Gati, Saka, 2001a). Idealny decydent to osoba, która jest świadoma potrzeby podjęcia decyzji, jest gotowa ją podjąć i zdolna do podejmowania właściwych decyzjidecyzja opiera się na odpowiednim procesie i pokrywa się z indywidualnymi celami (Gati i in., 2011).…”