Student Veterans: Meaning in Life, Negative Career Thoughts, and Depression

Orientation: Career exploration can be a stressful experience, often manifested by negative career thoughts. In this article, the factors which influence the ability to cope with negative thinking are investigated.Research purpose: This study investigated the relationship between cognitive ability, emotional intelligence and negative thoughts pertaining to career in a sample of unemployed, non-student adults.Motivation for study: There is a need for research which investigates the psychological factors that contribute to successful career exploration and decision-making. Cognitive ability is one such factor, whilst emotional intelligence is another whose validity is not yet well established.Research design, approach and method: A survey design and quantitative procedures were used in gathering and analysing data gathered from 193 non-student, middle-aged adults attending a community-based career exploration programme in British Columbia, Canada. Cognitive ability, emotional intelligence and negative career thoughts before and after a career exploration programme were measured.Main findings: Neither cognitive ability nor any aspect of emotional intelligence predicted negative career thinking change. Cognitive ability predicted overall negative career thoughts as well as decision-making confusion, but only after the programme. The ability to manage emotions, however, predicted negative career thoughts both before and after the career decision-making programme.Practical/managerial implications: The managing emotions component of emotional intelligence is significantly associated with negative career thoughts. These findings suggest that career counselling requires that the role of emotions and their influence on behaviours must be given more consideration. Industrial and organisational (IO) psychologists would benefit from engaging in programmes that train them to assist clients in becoming more aware of, and increasing, their own emotional intelligence.Contribution/value-add: The study added insights to the field of career psychology regarding the ability of emotional intelligence to predict important outcomes regarding the dimensions of emotional intelligence (EI) as measured by a performance-based test predicting negative career thoughts amongst the non-student, adult population.

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The Relation of Negative Career Thoughts to Depression and Hopelessness

The Career Development Quarterly ◽

10.1002/cdq.12089 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 65 (2) ◽

pp. 159-172 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Daniel D. Dieringer ◽

Janet G. Lenz ◽

Seth C. W. Hayden ◽

Gary W. Peterson

Keyword(s):

Career Thoughts ◽

Negative Career Thoughts

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The Effects of Decision-Making Style and Cognitive Thought Patterns on Negative Career Thoughts

Journal of Career Assessment ◽

10.1177/1069072708318904 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 16 (4) ◽

pp. 474-488 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Sheba Paivandy ◽

Emily E. Bullock ◽

Robert C. Reardon ◽

F. Donald Kelly

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Career Thoughts ◽

Negative Career Thoughts ◽

Thought Patterns

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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NEGATIVE CAREER THOUGHTS AND SELF-EFFICACY WITH CAREER DECISION-MAKING DIFFICULTIES AMONG FIRST YEAR UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS OF UPM

International Journal of Modern Trends in Social Sciences ◽

10.35631/ijmtss.3140013 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 (14) ◽

pp. 162-172

Author(s):

Nur Azreen Md Sanusi ◽

Zanariah Ismail

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Undergraduate Students ◽

Self Efficacy ◽

Career Decision ◽

First Year ◽

Career Decision Making ◽

Career Thoughts ◽

Inconsistent Information ◽

Negative Career Thoughts ◽

Lack Of Information

The purpose of this study is to determine the relationship between negative career thoughts and self-efficacy with career decision-making difficulties among first-year undergraduate students of UPM. The sample for this study consisted of 368 first-year undergraduate students of UPM and participants were recruited using stratified random sampling. A self-administered questionnaire was used to collect information. Career Thoughts Inventory was utilized in this study to measure negative career thoughts. General Self-efficacy Scale was utilized to measure self-efficacy. Other than that, the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire was utilized to measure career decision-making difficulties. The results revealed that most of the respondents had a high level of self-efficacy (62.2%). Pearson correlation analysis demonstrated that there was a positive significant relationship between negative career thoughts (decision-making confusion) and career decision-making difficulties (lack of information; r = 0.595, p < 0.01 and inconsistent information; r = 0.579, p < 0.01). Besides, there was also a significant positive relationship between negative career thoughts (commitment anxiety) and career decision-making difficulties (lack of information; r = 0.588, p < 0.01 and inconsistent information; r = 0.572, p < 0.01). In addition, there was a significant negative relationship between self-efficacy and career decision-making difficulties (lack of information; r = -0.388, p < 0.01, inconsistent information; r = -0.298, p < 0.01). Therefore, the findings of this study concluded that negative career thoughts and self-efficacy are important to understand the patterns of difficulties in career decision-making among first-year undergraduate students of UPM. Furthermore, further research could be expanded in different academic institutions in another region with a bigger sample to promote a better generalization of findings and yield more reliable data.

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Negative Career Thoughts Among Pakistani and Korean College Students: Implications for the Asian Context

The Journal of Social Sciences Research ◽

10.32861/jssr.68.776.784 ◽

2020 ◽

pp. 776-784

Author(s):

Gulnaz Zahid ◽

Donghyuck Lee ◽

Meejin Park

Keyword(s):

College Students ◽

Career Guidance ◽

Assessment Tool ◽

Cross Cultural ◽

Cultural Dimensions ◽

Cultural Perspective ◽

Career Thoughts ◽

Cross Cultural Differences ◽

Negative Career Thoughts ◽

Korean College Students

This study aimed at investigating the integrative cross-cultural perspective of negative career thoughts by comparing college students’ data from Pakistan and Korea. Data obtained from 200 Pakistani college students were compared to the data obtained from 200 Korean college students. Results show a significantly higher score on negative career thoughts when compared to Korean students. Findings indicate cross-cultural differences in negative career thoughts reflective of context-based differences in policy and career guidance systems. Findings provide support to Systems Theory Framework. However, the similarities in the construct manifestation provide a theoretical basis for career guidance in the collectivist and Asian contexts. Findings suggest the importance of comparative data, indigenization of assessment tool to assess negative career thoughts, and further exploration of negative career thoughts while considering cultural dimensions.

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