Examined extent and function of parental attachments among college seniors. Results from 159 college seniors revealed that characteristics of parental attachment as described by college seniors were positive and associated with self-reports of career maturity. Comparison of descriptions provided by seniors and first-year students revealed no…

Examined relationship between vocational identity and academic achievement for college freshmen (n=1,290). Results did not demonstrate relationship between vocational identity scores and grade point average. Results imply that counselors using vocational identity scores to target students in greatest need of career counseling may be missing many…

Compared career maturity levels of students with (n=44) and without (n=31) disabilities. Results indicate that many disabled students are not fully aware of the impact that their disabilities have on career development. Students with physical disabilities were better able than those with learning disabilities to describe the impact on career…

Junior college students (N=259) were surveyed to examine the relationship among athletic identity, career self-efficacy, career locus of control, and various demographic variables to career maturity. Results revealed that career locus of control and career self-efficacy were the most influential psychological variable in the prediction of career…

Compared value of several theoretically derived personal (age and gender), educational (class standing and academic performance), and psychological (locus of control and vocational congruence) factors as predictors of undergraduates' (n=337) career maturity. Vocational congruence and academic performance emerged as two most significant predictors.…

Explored the relationship between career maturation and chronic anxiety in 142 community college students. Anxiety was found to interfere with acquiring career decision-making skills and vocational identity by disrupting experiences in which they develop. This supports the idea that candidates for counseling to reduce anxiety would profit most…

One hundred thirteen undergraduates completed measures of career decision-making (CDM) self-efficacy, career locus of control, CDM attitudes, and CDM skills. Results proved the self-efficacy theory superior to the locus of control model in predicting college students' CDM attitudes. No significant gender differences emerged among the variables.…