The Career Decision Scale and Neuroticism

Meyer, Bruce W.; Winer, Jane L.

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“…The findings from this study are consistent with those of Chartrand et al (1993) and Meyer and Winer (1993) regarding a neurotic component to career indecision. For both male and female samples a cluster emerged defined by high standardized scores on the same four variables: Negative Affect, State Anxiety, Trait Anxiety, and Perceived Stress.…”

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The Neurotic Dimension of Vocational Indecision: Gender Comparability?

Meldahl

Muchinsky

1997

Journal of Career Assessment

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This study examines the relationship between neuroticism and career indecision in separate samples of men and women. College students (151 men, 183 women) constituted the samples. Career indecision was measured by the Career Decision Profile (CDP; Jones, 1989). Constructs used in the study that assess neuroticism included perceived stress, positive and negative affectivity, and state-trait anxiety. In addition, five life history factors predictive of vocational decision-making were also included. Separate cluster analyses were performed for each sample, resulting in two 2-cluster solutions. The first, the maladaptive clusters (high in stress, anxiety, and negative affectivity), emerged for both genders. The second clusters did not replicate across gender. Women in the second cluster, who were well-adapted, exhibited strong academic and scientific interests. The second cluster for men, although exhibiting low stress and anxiety, did not have high scores on any career decision-making variables. The results are discussed in the context of gender differences and the neurotic dimension of career indecision.A recent review of career and vocational assessment by Spokane and Jacob (1996) described the current state of research on the construct of career indecision. Some of the most recent findings suggest that career indecision has two components: One pertains to a healthy and normal stage in the crystallization of preferences that involves being undecided; the other is characterized by a broader affliction involving neuroticism. This neuroticism manifests itself in anxiety over many facets of decision-making, including career choices. Recent research has examined the neurotic component of career indecision. Chartrand, Rose, Elliott, Marmarosh, and Caldwell (1993) tested three models of indecision. The major finding from the study was that neuroticism was strongly related to general problem solving confidence as well as to the affective antecedents of indecision. In a similar study, Meyer and Winer (1993) reported a direct relationship

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The Neurotic Dimension of Vocational Indecision: Gender Comparability?

Meldahl

Muchinsky

1997

Journal of Career Assessment

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“…Consequently, we expected neuroticism to be associated with lower scores on the Gathering Information and Concrete Planning subscales, as these activities require active problem solving in the presence of anxiety-provoking thoughts. Although no studies on neuroticism and decision making exist for older adults, the literature suggests that neuroticism is related to indecision in young and middle-aged adults (Jackson, Furnham, & Lawty-Jones, 1999; Meyer & Winer, 1993). Thus, we hypothesized that older adults with high levels of neuroticism would be more likely to avoid decision making and less likely to believe that planning is useful.…”

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How Are Personality Traits Related to Preparation for Future Care Needs in Older Adults?

Sörensen¹,

Duberstein²,

Chapman³

et al. 2008

The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences an

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We investigated associations between personality and health cognitions and behaviors related to preparation for future care among 355 primary care patients who were 65 years of age and older. Path analyses examined the effects of the personality traits of neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, and conscientiousness on health cognitions about future care (avoidance, awareness), health-planning behaviors (gathering information, decision making, and planning), and beliefs about planning, while covarying age, gender, education, medical burden, functional status, and depression-symptom severity. Higher levels of neuroticism, openness, and agreeableness were associated with greater awareness of care needs; higher openness was also associated with more gathering of information and less avoidance. Extraversion and conscientiousness were not related to future-oriented health cognitions. Depression was inversely associated with the gathering of information. Age and education were related to more positive beliefs about the planning. Neither concrete planning nor decision making were related to personality variables. Health professionals should consider the impact of individual differences when addressing preparation for future care with older adults. KeywordsLong-term care planning; Personality traits; Primary care; Future care needs; Decision-making; Health cognitions As Populations age worldwide, the need to plan for future health care and residential adjustments will continue to grow. For example, 21% of persons aged 70 years and older who have no functional limitations can be expected to develop disabling limitations over a 2-year period (Anderson, James, Miller, Worley, & Longino, 1998), and 30% are likely to become disabled over a 6-year period (Sonn, Grimby, & Svanborg, 1996). Because planning enhances access to choices and helps individuals to gain control over their environment, the extent to which older adults prepare for future care needs will likely play a role in their ability to enhance their health-related quality of life and could even prevent disease progression. Nevertheless, surprisingly few older adults engage in care-planning behaviors (Sörensen & Pinquart, 2000a, 2000c, and there is little awareness among aged adults that failure to plan may lead to crisis decision making (Maloney, Finn, Bloom, & Andresen, 1996) (Pinquart & Sörensen, 2002b;Steele, Pinquart, & Sörensen, 2003). Thus one public health challenge in aging services may be to help older adults overcome their reluctance to engage in preventive health behaviors. Engaging in behaviors that promote or protect health requires an awareness of the risks for disease-related disability (Gerrard, Gibbons, Benthin, & Hessling, 1996;Harrison, Mullen, & Green, 1992), such as by understanding that one's vision loss may limit independent living, and willingness to act on these and other health cognitions, such as by choosing a more supportive living environment.The proactive coping model suggests that preparation for fu...

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“…As a result of the empirical and theoretical link between trait anxiety and indecisiveness, several authors have emphasised the role of trait anxiety in their definition and conceptualisation of indecisiveness (e.g. Crites, 1969; Fuqua & Hartman, 1983; Goodstein, 1965; Meyer & Winer, 1993). Moreover, some authors have defined trait anxiety as the best indicator or cue for general indecisiveness (e.g.…”

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Indecisiveness: Specificity and Predictive Validity

Germeijs

Verschueren

2011

Eur J Pers

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This study investigated the specificity of indecisiveness compared to trait anxiety. In addition, the predictive validity of indecisiveness for postdecisional problems with regard to choosing a major was examined. A sample of 539 adolescents participated at the beginning of Grade 12 and was followed until the first year in higher education. Factor analyses showed evidence for a differentiation between indecisiveness and trait anxiety. In addition, indecisiveness at the beginning of Grade 12 predicted less commitment to the choice of a major in higher education, which, in turn, predicted less choice stability. The effect of indecisiveness on these postdecisional problems remained significant after controlling for trait anxiety, providing further evidence for the specificity of indecisiveness. Copyright © 2010 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The Career Decision Scale and Neuroticism

Cited by 28 publications

References 27 publications

The Neurotic Dimension of Vocational Indecision: Gender Comparability?

The Neurotic Dimension of Vocational Indecision: Gender Comparability?

How Are Personality Traits Related to Preparation for Future Care Needs in Older Adults?

Indecisiveness: Specificity and Predictive Validity

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