The Role of Anxiety in Career Indecisiveness

Kaplan, David M.; Brown, Duane

doi:10.1002/j.2161-0045.1987.tb00786.x

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“…Indecisive individuals have difficulty making decisions in many aspects of their lives. Many studies have substantiated this relationship between different levels of anxiety and indecision (Cooper, Fuqua, & Hartman, 1984;Kaplan & Brown, 1987). Wanberg and Muchinsky (1992) reported that the seriously undecided students in their study had low levels of vocational identity, self-clarity, and self-esteem.…”

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confidence: 91%

Career Decidedness Types: A Literature Review

Gordon

1998

The Career Development Quart

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Twenty years of research on multiple subtypes of career undecided and decided students was examined to determine if any similarities exist across the types identified in these studies. Some common characteristics of students at various levels of decidedness seemed evident in the 15 studies reviewed. This article organizes the results of these studies based on level of decision status and the descriptions of characteristics or traits ascribed to the students in various types. Counseling implications are offered for each type.

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Section: Seriously Undecidedmentioning

confidence: 91%

Career Decidedness Types: A Literature Review

Gordon

1998

The Career Development Quart

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“…Various aspects of anxiety have consistently been shown to be associated with career indecision and indecisiveness as well as with the difficulties arising during the actual choice process (Fuqua et al, 1987;Kaplan & Brown, 1987;Santos, 2001). Empirical evidence has supported the claim that undecided and indecisive individuals report significantly higher levels of anxiety than do decided individuals (Kaplan & Brown, 1987).…”

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Emotional and Personality-Related Aspects of Career-Decision-Making Difficulties

Saka

Gati

Kelly

2008

Journal of Career Assessment

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This research focuses on developing a theoretical framework for analyzing the emotional and personality-related aspects of career-decision-making difficulties. The proposed model is comprised of three major clusters: pessimistic views, anxiety, and self-concept and identity. In Study 1, the Emotional and Personality Career Difficulties Scale (EPCD) was developed, refined, and used to empirically test the model with an Israeli Internet sample (N = 728). Study 2 (N = 276) provided evidence for the cross-cultural validity of the proposed model, using an American college student sample. The relations between the cognitive and emotional components of career-decision-making difficulties are discussed, and theoretical, research, and counseling implications are explored.

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“…The role of emotion in careers has been studied in relation to anxiety, emotional intelligence, and affective variability. Anxiety is associated with career indecision and indecisiveness (Fuqua et al, 1987 ; Kaplan and Brown, 1987 ; Gati et al, 2010 ). Brown et al ( 2003 ) showed that emotional intelligence is related to career decision-making self-efficacy and career commitment.…”

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The Role of Affect Spin in the Relationships between Proactive Personality, Career Indecision, and Career Maturity

Park

2015

Front. Psychol.

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This study attempted to investigate the influence of proactive personality on career indecision and career maturity, and to examine the moderating effects of affect spin. The author administered proactive personality, career indecision, and career maturity scales to 70 college students. Affect spin was calculated using the day reconstruction method, wherein participants evaluated their affective experiences by using 20 affective terms at the same time each day for 21 consecutive days. Hierarchical regression analyses showed that proactive personality significantly predicted career indecision and career maturity, even after controlling for valence and activation variability, neuroticism, age, and gender. Furthermore, affect spin moderated the associations of proactive personality with career indecision and maturity. The theoretical and practical implications of the moderating effects of affect spin are discussed.

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The Role of Anxiety in Career Indecisiveness

Cited by 37 publications

References 26 publications

Career Decidedness Types: A Literature Review

Career Decidedness Types: A Literature Review

Emotional and Personality-Related Aspects of Career-Decision-Making Difficulties

The Role of Affect Spin in the Relationships between Proactive Personality, Career Indecision, and Career Maturity

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