Recent college graduates are navigating a complex labor market due to the COVID-19 pandemic, changing economic conditions, and advancing technologies. Career adaptability, a psychosocial construct focused on managing career transitions, is critical for college students in this environment. Career adaptability interventions have shown promising…

Given the importance of career discernment in emerging adulthood, we evaluated an understudied career development approach for higher education students. Specifically, we tested the relationship between spiritual discernment exercises and sense of purpose and calling through the indirect effects of self-concept clarity, career decision…

In career development research with racial/ethnic minorities, researchers have examined the cross-cultural validity of existing career constructs and theories, as well as culture-specific constructs such as acculturation. There has also been an increase in the examination of contextual variables, such as culture and race, in Asian American career…

A study designed to compare the career maturity of students in a special class with educable mentally retarded students in regular classes indicated that special programs are not adequately preparing their students to enter the world of work. (SA)

Investigated whether a meaningful relationship existed between an attitudinal measure of career maturity and a measure of career maturity reflecting job performance-related behavioral competencies in African-American high school students (n=74). Only modest relationships were found between several career maturity attitudes and behavioral measures.…

Applied Campbell and Fiske's multitrait, multimethod analysis to scores from 3 measures of career development (Attitude Scale of Career Maturity Inventory, Vocational Preference Inventory, and Decision-Making Scale of Career Development Inventory) completed by 129 college students. Table of multitrait, multimethod correlation coefficients for the…

Two causal models of career development differing in inclusion or noninclusion of variables unique to the experience of the hearing impaired were compared for their ability to explain variance in career maturity, with data from 71 hearing-impaired adolescents. Results suggest neither model is more powerful in explaining career maturity variance.…

Examined the relationship between decision-making style, scholastic achievement, and vocational maturity for college students (N=64). Results did not support the hypothesized relationship between rationality and attitudinal and cognitive maturity. Scholastic achievement and lack of dependent decision style were found to be moderately predictive of…

A study involving 33 academically talented, 25 regular education, and 20 special education junior high school students was conducted to investigate students' career attitudes and knowledge about jobs. (SB)

Investigated developmental patterns in the way in which students in grades 5-12 describe five common occupations. Students (N=544) responded to five occupational titles with or without an accompanying occupational description. Results indicated that provision of an occupational description influenced responses, particularly at lower grade levels.…

Gaining career decision-making and world-of-work knowledge, and increasing career planning and exploratory behavior represent key tasks of adolescent career development. To better understand this process, the extent to which personality type relates to career development in high school students is examined in this report. A cohort of 64 high…

A program description of a group approach to vocational counseling is outlined and discussed in terms of theoretical background and application. Preliminary data are also presented that suggest that students show change on an index of career maturity as a result of their participation in the program. (Author)

This article reports on a study investigating the career development of hard-of-hearing high school students attending regular classes with itinerant teacher support. We compared 65 hard-of-hearing students with a matched group of normally hearing peers on measures of career maturity, career indecision, perceived career barriers, and three…

The goal of the Conecuh County (Alabama) project was to successfully implement an experience-based career education (EBCE) program based on the model developed by Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory, whcih integrates academic requirements and work experience opportunities into a comprehensive curriculum. To determine program effectiveness of…

The extent to which locus of control as a general expectancy model relates to career maturity was measured by the Career Maturity Inventory (Crites) and the Career Development Inventory (Super and Forrest). The most striking finding was the career maturity advantage of the internally oriented student. (MF)