Patterns of career decision-making difficulties in 16 countries: A person-centered investigation.

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Title
Patterns of career decision-making difficulties in 16 countries: A person-centered investigation.
Journal
Journal of Counseling Psychology
Author(s)
Levin Nimrod, Lipshits-Braziler Yuliya, Gati Itamar
ISSN
1939-2168
0022-0167
Publication state
Published
Issued date
01/2024
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
71
Number
1
Pages
34-47
Language
english
Abstract
Classifying clients into career indecision types can facilitate tailoring interventions to each client’s specific needs. The present research examined a typology of career indecision on 50 data sets (N = 31,527) representing diverse populations from 16 countries on five continents. Latent profile analyses of participants’ responses on the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) revealed seven replicable career indecision types across samples: unmotivated, unrealistic, generally uninformed, occupations-uninformed, conflicted-uninformed, externally conflicted, and internally conflicted. Age emerged as a negligible predictor of career indecision types, whereas gender predicted membership in the unmotivated type, with men twice more likely to be unmotivated than women. The seven types were similarly predictive of career decision status, decision certainty, and decision self-efficacy. These results largely support using the CDDQ to differentially diagnose career indecision types based on 10 causes of career indecision in different countries, life stages, and genders. Classifying individuals based on their patterns of career decision-making difficulties supports tailoring individual career counseling or group interventions to clients’ needs.
Keywords
Psychiatry and Mental health, Clinical Psychology, General Medicine, Social Psychology
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Web of science
Open Access
Yes
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