Dysfunctional Career Decision-Making Beliefs: A Multidimensional Model and Measure

2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (2) ◽  
pp. 209-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahar Hechtlinger ◽  
Nimrod Levin ◽  
Itamar Gati
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Multidimensional Model ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Dysfunctional Beliefs

Dysfunctional beliefs are among the most prevalent, severe difficulties many individuals face in the process of making career decisions. The goal of the present study was to develop and test a new multidimensional measure of Dysfunctional Career Decision-Making Beliefs ( DCB). The DCB questionnaire elicits individuals’ beliefs in five aspects of career decision-making: the role of chance or fate, the criticality of the decision, the role of significant others, the role of professional help, and perceived gender barriers. Study 1 used exploratory factor analysis and cluster analysis to test the psychometric properties and the five-factor structure of the DCB with a sample of 937 young adults deliberating about their future career. Study 2 used confirmatory factor analysis to validate the structure of the DCB with another sample of 1,251 young adults and analyzed the associations between individuals’ DCB Scale scores and career decision status to test its concurrent validity. The results supported the proposed multidimensional model of dysfunctional beliefs. Implications for future research and career counseling are discussed.

Role of Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy and Risk of Career Options on Career Decision-Making of Chinese Graduates

2014 ◽  
Vol 114 (2) ◽  
pp. 625-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinghua Ye
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Career Decisions ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Career Options ◽  
Different Levels

This study investigated the influence of Chinese graduates' career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) and the moderating effect of career options on career decisions. Graduates (92 men, 119 women, 5 unreported gender; M age = 22.3 yr., SD = 1.2) from four different types of universities in Zhejiang Province participated in the study. CDMSE was measured with the CDMSE Scale for University Students, and participants rated their choices on 3 career options with different levels of risk. The results showed that participants were more likely to choose a high-risk option, and that career options moderated the relation between graduates' CDMSE and career decision. Graduate career counseling programs should encourage students to develop more reasonable career goals that match their skills.

Development and Initial Validation of the Constructivist Beliefs in the Career Decision-Making Scale

2019 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 303-319
Author(s):  
Hui Xu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Factor Structure ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Career Construction ◽  
Constructivist Beliefs

Although career adaptability and constructivist beliefs both capture important aspects of career construction, previous research has predominantly focused on career adaptability and ignored the importance of constructivist beliefs. Drawing on career construction theory and decision-making science, the current study proposes two factors (i.e., satisficing decision and agentic creation) of constructivist beliefs in career decision-making (CBCD) and develops and initially validates a scale measuring the two factors. Study 1 develops the CBCD Scale and supports the two-factor structure of the CBCD through exploratory factor analysis. Study 2 supports the internal consistency reliability of the CBCD and cross-validates the two-factor structure of the CBCD through confirmatory factor analysis. Additionally, Study 2 finds support for the incremental predictions of the CBCD for career indecision and career decision ambiguity management over and beyond career adaptability. The theoretical and practical implications of the CBCD are discussed, as are the limitations and suggestions for future research.

The Role of Personality in the Career Decision-Making Difficulties of Italian Young Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 281-293 ◽  
Author(s):  
Annamaria Di Fabio ◽  
Letizia Palazzeschi ◽  
Nimrod Levin ◽  
Itamar Gati
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making

Accuracy in Self-Assessment: The Role of Ability, Feedback, Self-Efficacy and Goal Orientation

2008 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodie R. Ng ◽  
Joanne K. Earl
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Goal Orientation ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Self Assessment

Self-estimates of ability have been shown to be generally inaccurate but still continue to be used in career decision-making. The present study investigates the role of feedback and individual differences in goal orientation and self-efficacy in determining accuracy of self-estimates. A total sample of 94 high school-aged students gave self-estimates of their ability and completed questionnaires regarding self-efficacy, goal orientation and feedback. Participants were categorised as over-estimators, under-estimators or accurate estimators according to the difference between their self-estimate of ability and an objective measure. Results indicated four main areas of feedback sources, and a positive relationship between ability and accuracy of self-estimates. Learning goal orientation and use of feedback were positively related; however their effects on accuracy of self-assessment were contrary to those hypothesised. Practical implications of these findings for career decision-making, as well as suggestions for future research are discussed.

scholarly journals Validation of a French Version of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire: Relationships With Self-Esteem and Self-Efficacy

2021 ◽  
pp. 089484532110099
Author(s):  
Jérôme Rossier ◽  
Shékina Rochat ◽  
Laurent Sovet ◽  
Jean-Luc Bernaud
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Self Efficacy ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Self Esteem ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Student Sample ◽  
French Version ◽  
The Relationship

The aim of this study was to validate the French version of the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) and to assess its measurement invariance across gender, age groups, countries, and student versus career counseling samples. We also examined the sensitivity of this instrument to discriminate a career counseling population from a general student sample. Third, we studied the relationship between career decision-making difficulties, career decision-making self-efficacy, and self-esteem in a sample of 1,748 French and French-speaking Swiss participants. A confirmatory factor analysis confirmed the overall hierarchical structure of the CDDQ. Multigroup analysis indicated that the level of invariance across groups almost always reached configural, metric, and scalar invariance. Differences between countries were very small, whereas differences between the general population and career counseling subsamples were much larger. Both self-esteem and self-efficacy significantly predicted career decision-making difficulties. Moreover, as expected, self-efficacy partially mediated the relationship between self-esteem and career decision-making difficulties.

Intolerance of Uncertainty, Anxiety, and Career Indecision: A Mediation Model

2021 ◽  
pp. 106907272110025
Author(s):  
Consuelo Arbona ◽  
Weihua Fan ◽  
Ayoung Phang ◽  
Norma Olvera ◽  
Marcel Dios
Keyword(s):  
College Students ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
Intolerance Of Uncertainty ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Lack Of Information ◽  
Path Analyses

Intolerance of uncertainty (IU) refers to the tendency to fear the unknown and to worry excessively about potential future negative outcomes. In the career decision-making process, college students experience uncertainty regarding the future of occupational opportunities and the evolution of their interests and capabilities. Anxiety is a well-established predictor of career indecision. Therefore, this study examined the role of anxiety as a mediator in the relation of IU and rumination to three dimensions of career decision making difficulties among college students ( N = 678). Results of path analyses indicated that as hypothesized, after controlling for age, intolerance of uncertainty was directly and indirectly (though anxiety) related to the three dimensions of career decision making difficulties: lack of readiness, lack of information, and inconsistent information. Results suggested that career choice interventions may be enhanced with a targeted emphasis on coping with the uncertainty involved in career decision making among college students.

Positive Affect and Career Decision‐Making: The Moderating Role of Interpersonal Spin

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-62
Author(s):  
In‐Jo Park ◽  
Shenyang Hai ◽  
Jos Akkermans ◽  
Marijke Verbruggen
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Positive Affect ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Moderating Role

The Effect of Perfectionism on Career Adaptability and Career Decision-Making Difficulties

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-483 ◽  
Author(s):  
Danni Wang ◽  
Zhi-Jin Hou ◽  
Jing Ni ◽  
Lu Tian ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Career Counseling ◽  
Latent Profile Analysis ◽  
Profile Analysis ◽  
High Standard ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Adaptability ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Competing Models ◽  
Practical Recommendations

This study investigated categorization of perfectionism subtypes for Chinese undergraduates and the effects of perfectionism subtypes on career outcomes based on two prominent, competing models of perfectionism, the tripartite model and 2 × 2 model. Indices of career outcome were defined with career adaptability (positive) and career decision-making difficulties (negative). The results of both cluster analysis and latent profile analysis coincided with the four-subtype structure of the 2 × 2 model. The result of Bolck–Croon–Hagenaars modeling indicated that the pure high standard subtypes were the most functional while pure discrepancy subtypes were most dysfunctional. Mixed perfectionism subtypes were identified as having high career adaptability but also high risk for career decision-making while nonperfectionism subtypes possess low career decision-making difficulties but also low career adaptability. Based on these findings for perfectionism subtypes, we extrapolate practical recommendations for how this information could be pertinent to career counseling.

Secure Attachment and Career Indecision: The Mediating Role of Emotional Intelligence

2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 657-670 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayoung Phang ◽  
Weihua Fan ◽  
Consuelo Arbona
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Career Decision ◽  
Career Indecision ◽  
Path Model ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Secure Attachment ◽  
Career Decision Making ◽  
Mediating Role

Over the past few decades, researchers have been trying to understand the career decision-making process from interpersonal and affective perspectives. Previous findings suggest that secure attachment is negatively linked to career indecision, but the extent to which other variables mediate this relation is less clear. The present study was designed to identify underlying mechanism in the relation between attachment and career indecision. This was done by examining a model which links secure attachment with career indecision through the mediating role of emotional intelligence. Participants included 362 female undergraduate students from a large Southern University. A path model was tested to investigate (a) the direct association of attachment to three dimensions of career indecision (lack of readiness, lack of information, and inconsistent information) and (b) whether emotional intelligence mediates the relations between attachment and the career indecision dimensions, while controlling students’ age. Results indicated a very good fit for the proposed path model. With two exceptions, results provided support for the study’s hypothesis regarding the direct and mediated links in the model; all paths were in the expected direction. Results of the study provide support for the notion that different antecedents may explain career decision-making difficulties, and therefore, college women may require diverse intervention approaches

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