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Peer reviewedStern, Marilyn; And Others – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1991
Compared 48 adolescent cancer patients with matched group of 40 healthy adolescents on career maturity progress and tendency to foreclose on career choice. Found few differences as function of health status alone. Career maturity differed between two groups as function of age. Adolescent cancer patients showed greater tendency to prematurely…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Age Differences, Cancer, Career Choice
Peer reviewedLunneborg, Patricia W. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
This study compared 127 vocationally undecided college graduates matched by sex, age, and college major with graduates selecting occupations on a Survey of Graduating Seniors. Undecideds had lower grade point averages, fewer career plans, less graduate school attendance, and less satisfaction with university experiences. Suggestions for countering…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning
Peer reviewedZener, Thelma Baldwin; Schnuelle, Leslie – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1976
This study compares effects on high school students (N=959) of the Self Directed Search (SDS), the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI), and no treatment. Students taking the SDS or the VPI evaluated the instruments, felt more satisfied with current occupational choices, and considered more occupational alternatives. Differences between the…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Counseling, Career Planning, Comparative Analysis
