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Publication Date: 2012-Jan
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Emotional and Personality-Related Career Decision-Making Difficulties: A 3-Year Follow-Up
Gati, Itamar; Asulin-Peretz, Lisa; Fisher, Ahinoam
Counseling Psychologist, v40 n1 p6-27 Jan 2012
This study tests the temporal stability and the concurrent and predictive validity of the Emotional and Personality-related Career decision-making Difficulties (EPCD) model and questionnaire. Five hundred forty-three participants filled out the EPCD twice, 3 years apart. The Anxiety cluster was the most stable of the three, followed by the Self-Concept and Identity cluster, and then the Pessimistic Views cluster, which showed a significant decrease. Participants who reported having made a career decision by the second administration had lower EPCD scores at Time 1 than did those who remained undecided at Time 2. Whereas the decided group showed a decrease in the EPCD scores during the 3-year interval, the undecided group showed no significant decrease. Significant correlations were observed between the EPCD scores and low satisfaction with one's chosen occupation. Gender differences were also found: among the decided group, women had higher EPCD scores than did men; overall, women had higher EPCD scores than did men only in the clusters of Anxiety and Self-Concept and Identity. (Contains 1 table and 2 notes.)
Descriptors: Predictive Validity, Personality, Gender Differences, Anxiety, Decision Making, Career Counseling, Questionnaires, Personality Assessment, Personality Measures, Program Validation, Pretests Posttests, Cluster Grouping, Self Concept, Self Concept Measures, Longitudinal Studies, Emotional Experience, Emotional Adjustment, Self Disclosure (Individuals)
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Education Level: Adult Basic Education; Adult Education
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