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Selected Self-Concept Variables as Indicators of Career Maturity Attitudes.
Housley, Warren F.; Hickson, Joyce F. – Journal of Counseling Services, 1978
The present study examines the relationships among self-concept variables and career maturity attitudes. Variability, self-criticism, and commitment were important predictors of career maturity. In addition, self-criticism and age X commitment were significant, as well as level of self-esteem, as important personality correlates of career…
Descriptors: Career Development, Individual Characteristics, Personality, Research Projects
Relationship of Self-Concept and Vocational Maturity to Vocational Preferences of Adolescents
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Jones, Octavia M.; And Others – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
This study investigated differences in vocational attitude maturity and self-concept among Holland's six vocational categories. There were significant differences in vocational attitude maturity and self-concept among students in the six vocational categories. There was a significant relationship between vocational attitude maturity and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Attitudes, High School Students, Occupational Clusters
Using Self-Concept Subscales in Predicting Career Maturity for Race and Sex Subgroups.
Pound, Ronald E. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1978
A further understanding of the relationship between self-concept, race, or sex and career maturity was sought. The results indicated that self-concept seems to have differential impact on career maturity, depending on the race and sex of the participant. (Author)
Descriptors: High School Students, Racial Differences, Research Projects, Secondary Education
Measuring Vocational Self-Concept Crystallization
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Barrett, Thomas C.; Tinsley, Howard E. A. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1977
The Vocational Rating Scale (VRS) is a 40-item self-rating scale which attempts to directly assess the individual's awareness of the degree and nature of patterns in his or her specific vocational self-concepts. Scores on the VRS are related to the degree of certainty regarding overall self perception. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, College Students, Rating Scales
Vocational Self-Concept Crystallization and Vocational Indecision
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Barrett, Thomas C.; Tinsley, Howard E. A. – Journal of Counseling Psychology, 1977
Korman and Super differ in regarding vocational self-concept crystallization of high and low self-esteem persons. This was measured by the Tennessee Self-Concept Scale using undergraduate students. A significant difference was found for both sexes in the degree of crystallization across self-esteem levels, therby supporting Super's model. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Development, College Students, Research Projects
Improving Self Concept and Vocational Maturity
Hansen, James C.; Putnam, Barbara A. – Journal of Counseling Services, 1976
A group approach to vocational counseling is one way to help the students meet their needs. The secondary school counselors in an urban school system organized student groups. This report is an evaluation of the group vocational activity aimed at improving students' self-concepts and vocational maturity attitudes. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Awareness, Career Development, Counselor Evaluation, Group Counseling
An Index of Vocational Awareness
Currie, Lawrence E. – Vocational Guidance Quarterly, 1975
The conceptual framework of vocational awareness, the development of theVocational Awareness Index, and implications for research and practice are presented. (Author)
Descriptors: Career Guidance, Counselor Role, Decision Making, Measurement Instruments
Relationship between Career Maturity and Self-Concepts of Suburban and Urban Middle- and Urban Lower-Class Preadolescent Black Males
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Dillard, John M. – Journal of Vocational Behavior, 1976
The relationship between career maturity and self-concepts of 252 sixth-grade black males was investigated. Results indicated relatively weak-positive relationships between career maturity and self-concepts. Significant career maturity differences were found. However, self-concepts of the three groups were not statistically significantly…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Black Students, Comparative Analysis, Elementary Education
Vocational Maturity and Self Concepts.
Helbing, Hans – 1978
The relationship between separate dimensions of vocational maturity and different self-concept and identity variables were examined. Subjects were Dutch students, age 14-18 years. The vocational maturity dimensions were measured by Dutch adaptations of American vocational maturity scales. Instruments for self-concept and identity measurement were…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Decision Making Skills, Developmental Psychology, Developmental Stages