choosing between relatively close options. Three sessions were scheduled so that Nancy could complete and receive feedback on a vocational interest test and spend some time in the career information materials library. The counseling was then used to consolidate her choice to transfer to a biomedical engineering major.
CONCLUSIONThe use of the orthogonal dimensions "Decided-Undecided State" and "Decisive-Indecisive Trait" seems to be very useful for clinicians. Those clients who are indecisive will need psychological help with their personal-emotional development and general decision-making skills prior and in addition to vocational information and testing. Given the potential utility of this two-dimensional schema, it is important to further develop practical assessment tools to supplant clinical judgment of these factors. Further research, could then be done to delineate the most effective treatment interventions for each of the four indecision-indecisiveness configurations.
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