TY  - JOUR
T1  - Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy (CDMSE) among Gifted and Talented Students in Malaysia: An Initial Demographic Study
AU  - Abu Bakar, Abu Yazid
AU  - Mohd Hakimie Zainal, Abidin
AU  - Amat, Salleh
AU  - Mahmud, Mohd İzwan
AU  - Bakar, Mastura Abu
PY  - 2019
DA  - June
DO  - 10.17478/jegys.521514
JF  - Journal for the Education of Gifted Young Scientists
JO  - JEGYS
PB  - Genç Bilge Yayıncılık
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 2149-360X
SP  - 113
EP  - 118
VL  - 7
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Career decision making is one of the crucial elements for studentsin the school setting. Career decision making is vital for students to make adecision over their knowledge about their future professions. For giftedstudents, they may advance from the normal population of students indiscovering their future jobs. This study focusing on career decision makingamong gifted and talented students in Malaysia. The level of career decisionmaking is measured by the researchers using Career Decision MakingSelf-Efficacy (CDMSE)-Revised, which was developed in 1996. This researchinvolved 2800 Malaysian gifted and talented students who are studying at theboarding schools. The descriptive statistical analysis is used to find thephenomenon of career decision making among research respondents in terms of gender,parental level of education, and family income. The finding of this researchshows that gifted and talented students are different from their normal peersin terms of career decision making self-efficacy. The implication of thisresearch is discussed in this paper especially for guidance and counselingprovisional dimension.
KW  - Career counseling
KW  - CDMSE
KW  - gifted and talented students
KW  - Malaysia
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.17478/jegys.521514
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/746207
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