Resilience and Decision‐Making Strategies as Predictors of Career Decision Difficulties

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to examine resilience and decision-making strategies as predictors of difficulties experienced during the career decision-making process. College students (N = 364) responded to measures of resilience, career decisionmaking strategies, and career decision difficulties. Results indicated that resilience and decision-making strategies accounted for 46% of the variance in career decision difficulties. Resilience had a greater influence on problems encountered during decision making than on problems encountered at the outset of the process. Different decision-making strategies appeared to be related to difficulties encountered at different stages of the decision-making process. For example, aspiration for an ideal occupation was positively associated only with lack of readiness. Procrastination was the only strategy related to all three decision difficulties: lack of readiness, lack of information, and inconsistent information. The results indicated the importance of decreasing procrastination at all stages of decision making and the need to promote resilience to deal with decision difficulties.

High School Students' Career Decision-making Difficulties According to Locus of Control

“…The support that they perceive from the family of adolescents, their friends, the environment [33], devotion to the family and friendship [42] affects their decision making processes. Various studies show that career decision making difficulties are related to environmental and individual characteristics such as negative beliefs related to choice of education [2,5], five factor personality traits [12], emotional and personality traits [37], self-efficacy perception [29], parental styles [43], emotional intelligence [11], psychological stability [41].…”

Li̇se Öğrenci̇leri̇nde Psi̇koloji̇k Dayanikliliğin Akademi̇k Erteleme Üzeri̇ndeki̇ Rolü

“…Ancak Ko ve Chang (2018) teorik olarak mantıklı olanın, problemleri çözmek için daha fazla kaynağa sahip olan yüksek psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeyine sahip bireylerin, daha az erteleme davranışı göstermeleri olduğunu ifade etmiştir. Benzer şekilde Shin ve Kelly (2015) kariyer kararı verme sürecinde, psikolojik dayanıklılık düzeyi yüksek bireylerin daha az erteleme davranışı gösterdiklerini bildirmiştir. Bunun yanında erteleme davranışı ile ilgili araştırma sonuçları, psikolojik dayanıklılık için bir risk faktörü olan kaygı arttıkça bireylerin erteleme davranışının da arttığını bildirmektedir (Flett, Blankstein ve Martin, 1995;Solomon ve Rothblum, 1984;Rothblum, Solomon ve Murakami, 1986).…”

Associations Between Career Decision-Making Difficulties, Maladaptive Limitedness Schemas, Sleep Quality, and Circadian Preferences Among Turkish College Students

“…Personal residency was predictive of alleviated career decision-making difficulties through facilitating overcoming the problems during the process. On the contrary, procrastination was the most unproductive strategy in response to career problems that undermines and delays making a decision to use personal sources in taking an action (Shin & Kelly, 2015). Perceived control on career decision alleviated career indecision and career anxiety students.…”