High School Student’s Career Indecision Reviewed Based on Major and Gender

Abstract

Career indecision is a condition that occurs in individuals when experiencing problems or difficulties when starting or being in the career decision-making process that causes incompetence or uncertainty in determining their career choices. Career indecision is caused by various factors, both internal and external factors of the individual. In this study, the factors studied were major and gender. The analytical method used in the study was a two-way ANOVA. The study sample was 148 high school X students. The collected data with the form of a scale. The scale used in the study was a career indecision scale compiled based on the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ). the significance value of the sex variable is 0.029 (< 0.05). The significance value of the major is 0.06 (> 0.05). The results showed that there was no difference in high school students' career indecision based on major, while by gender, male students experienced greater career indecision compared to female students.

Career decision making, cognitive flexibility and perceived parental expectations among higher secondary students

“…Significant differences did not occur in career decision making in terms of the group/stream chosen by the students. This finding is in line with the findings of Dwatra and Adri (2023) [13] . In addition, a Mann Whitney U test showed that students who reported satisfaction with current academic performance differed significantly in career decision making from students who did not feel satisfied with their current academic performance.…”