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The Effect of Career Stress and Career Decidedness on Psychological Well-Being

Year 2022, Volume: 23 Issue: 2, 62 - 80, 29.06.2022
https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1112084

Abstract

The aim of this research is to propound the effect of career decidedness and career stress on psychological well-being of students who continue their associate degree education. The sample of the research consists of 430 students who continue their associate degree education in different programs of a vocational school in Sakarya. Questionnaire was used as the data collection method and three different scales were used: Career Stress Scale, Career Decidedness Scale and Psychological Well-Being Scale. Multiple regression analysis was performed to test the hypotheses. Looking at the results of the research, it was seen that career ambiguity and lacking information and external conflict have a negative and significant effect on psychological well-being. Career decidedness, on the other hand, has been found to have a positive and significant effect on psychological well-being. In addition, it was concluded in the study that the independent variable that has the greatest effect on psychological well-being is career decidedness. The findings obtained as a result of the research were discussed and some suggestions were made in this context.

References

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  • Arslan, Ü. (2021). Relation between career decidedness and subjective wellbeing in university students: Does hope mediate the link?. Participatory Educational Research, 9(2), 103-117.
  • Arslan, Ü., & Bayraktar-Uyar, B. (2020). Do career decidedness and career distress influence psychological and subjective wellbeing? The mediating role of mindfulness. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 7(2), 271-280.
  • Benton, S. A., Robertson, J. M., Tseng, W. C., Newton, F. B., & Benton, S. L. (2003). Changes in counseling center client problems across 13 years. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34(1), 66.
  • Campagna, C. G., & Curtis, G. J. (2007). So worried I don't know what to be: Anxiety is associated with increased career indecision and reduced career certainty. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 17(1), 91-96.
  • Choi, B. Y., Park, H., Nam, S. K., Lee, J., Cho, D., & Lee, S. M. (2011). The development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Korean Career Stress Inventory for college students. The Career Development Quarterly, 59(6), 559-572.
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  • Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D. W., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). New well-being measures: Short scales to assess flourishing and positive and negative feelings. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 143-156.
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  • Gültekin, V., & Şeşen, Y. (2021). Career decidedness of college students: A research on medical documentation and secretarial students. Bartın Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(1), 3-14.
  • Günay, A., & Çelik, R. (2019). Kariyer stresinin psikolojik iyi oluş ve iyimserlik değişkenleriyle yordanması. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2(33), 205-218.
  • Huppert, F. A. (2009). Psychological well‐being: Evidence regarding its causes and consequences. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐being, 1(2), 137-164.
  • Keyes, C. L., Shmotkin, D., & Ryff, C. D. (2002). Optimizing well-being: The empirical encounter of two traditions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(6), 1007.
  • Kidd, J. M. (1998). Emotion: An absent presence in career theory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 52(3), 275-288. Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, Appraisal, and Coping. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
  • Li, H., Ngo, H. Y., & Cheung, F. (2019). Linking protean career orientation and career decidedness: The mediating role of career decision self-efficacy. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115, 103322.
  • Lounsbury, J. W., Hutchens, T., & Loveland, J. M. (2005). An investigation of big five personality traits and career decidedness among early and middle adolescents. Journal of Career Assessment, 13(1), 25-39.
  • Lounsbury, J. W., Tatum, H. E., Chambers, W., Owens, K. S., & Gibson, L. W. (1999). An investigation of career decidedness in relation to big five'personality constructs and life satisfaction. College Student Journal, 33(4), 646-652.
  • Mann, L., Harmoni, R., & Power, C. (1989). Adolescent decision-making: The development of competence. Journal of Adolescence, 12(3), 265-278.
  • Meydan, C. H. & H. Şeşen. (2015). Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi AMOS Uygulamaları. Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık.
  • O'Hare, M. M., & Tamburri, E. (1986). Coping as a moderator of the relation between anxiety and career decision making. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 33(3), 255.
  • Özden, K., & Sertel-Berk, Ö. (2017). Kariyer Stresi Ölçeği’nin (KSÖ) Türkçe'ye uyarlanması ve psikometrik özelliklerinin sınanması. Psikoloji Çalışmaları, 37(1), 35-51.
  • Penn, L. T., & Lent, R. W. (2019). The joint roles of career decision self-efficacy and personality traits in the prediction of career decidedness and decisional difficulty. Journal of Career Assessment, 27(3), 457-470.
  • Rottinghaus, P. J., Jenkins, N., & Jantzer, A. M. (2009). Relation of depression and affectivity to career decision status and self-efficacy in college students. Journal of Career Assessment, 17(3), 271-285.
  • Ryff, C. D., & Keyes, C. L. M. (1995). The structure of psychological well-being revisited. Journal of personality and social psychology, 69(4), 719.
  • Ryff, C. D., Magee, W. J., Kling, K. C., & Wing, E. H. (1999). Forging Macro-Micro Linkages in The Study of Psychological Well-Being. C. D. Ryff and V. W. Marshall (Eds.). The Self and Society in Aging Processes içinde, (s. 247-278). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
  • Savickas, M. L., Carden, A. D., Toman, S., & Jarjoura, D. (1992). Dimensions of career decidedness. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 25, 102.
  • Schermelleh-Engel, K., Moosbrugger, H., & Müller, H. (2003). Evaluating the fit of structural equation models: Tests of significance and descriptive goodness-of-fit measures. Methods of Psychological Research Online, 8(2), 23-74.
  • Strauser, D. R., Lustig, D. C., & Çiftçi, A. (2008). Psychological well-being: Its relation to work personality, vocational identity, and career thoughts. The Journal of Psychology, 142(1), 21-35.
  • Şeker, G. (2021). Kariyer kararsızlığının yordayıcısı olarak iyi oluş ve kariyer kaygısı. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, (51), 262-275.
  • Telef, B. B. (2013). Psikolojik iyi oluş ölçeği: Türkçeye uyarlama, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 28(28-3), 374-384.
  • Toyokawa, T., & DeWald, C. (2020). Perceived career barriers and career decidedness of first‐generation college students. The Career Development Quarterly, 68(4), 332-347.
  • Uthayakumar, R., Schimmack, U., Hartung, P. J., & Rogers, J. R. (2010). Career decidedness as a predictor of subjective well-being. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 77(2), 196-204.
  • Viola, M. M., Musso, P., Inguglia, C., & Lo Coco, A. (2016). Psychological well‐being and career indecision in emerging adulthood: The moderating role of hardiness. The Career Development Quarterly, 64(4), 387-396.
  • Yam, F. C. Adalet meslek yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin kariyer streslerinin psikolojik iyi oluşları üzerindeki yordayıcı rolü. Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 13(72). 710-721.
  • Zhou, M., & Xu, Y. (2013). University students’ career choice and emotional well-being. Journal of Educational and Social Research, 3(7), 243-243.

Kariyer Stresinin ve Kariyer Kararlılığının Psikolojik İyi Oluş Üzerindeki Etkisi

Year 2022, Volume: 23 Issue: 2, 62 - 80, 29.06.2022
https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1112084

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı ön lisans eğitimine devam eden öğrencilerde kariyer kararlılığının ve kariyer stresinin psikolojik iyi oluş üzerindeki etkisini ortaya koymaktır. Araştırmanın örneklemini Sakarya’da bir meslek yüksekokulunun farklı programlarında ön lisans eğitimine devam eden 430 öğrenci oluşturmaktadır. Veri toplama metodu olarak anket tercih edilen araştırmada Kariyer Stresi Ölçeği, Kariyer Kararlılığı Ölçeği ve Psikolojik İyi Oluş Ölçeği olmak üzere üç ayrı ölçek kullanılmıştır. Hipotezleri test etmek amacıyla çoklu regresyon analizi yapılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına bakıldığında kariyer belirsizliği ve bilgi eksikliği ile dışsal çatışmanın psikolojik iyi oluş üzerinde negatif yönde ve anlamlı bir etkisi olduğu görülmüştür. Kariyer kararlılığının ise psikolojik iyi oluşu pozitif yönde ve anlamlı bir şekilde etkilediği bulgusu elde edilmiştir. Ayrıca araştırmada psikolojik iyi oluş üzerinde en fazla etkiye sahip olan bağımsız değişkenin kariyer kararlılığı olduğu sonucuna ulaşılmıştır. Araştırma sonucu edinilen bulgular tartışılmış ve bu kapsamda birtakım önerilerde bulunulmuştur.

References

  • Adlaf, E. M., Gliksman, L., Demers, A., & Newton-Taylor, B. (2001). The prevalence of elevated psychological distress among Canadian undergraduates: Findings from the 1998 Canadian Campus Survey. Journal of American College Health, 50(2), 67-72.
  • Akçakanat, T., & Uzunbacak, H. H. (2019). Kariyer kararlılığı ölçeği: Türkçeye uyarlama, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması. İktisadi İdari ve Siyasal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 4(9), 159-170.
  • Arnold, J. (1989). Career decidedness and psychological well‐being: A two‐cohort longitudinal study of undergraduate students and recent graduates. Journal of Occupational Psychology, 62(2), 163-176.
  • Arslan, Ü. (2021). Relation between career decidedness and subjective wellbeing in university students: Does hope mediate the link?. Participatory Educational Research, 9(2), 103-117.
  • Arslan, Ü., & Bayraktar-Uyar, B. (2020). Do career decidedness and career distress influence psychological and subjective wellbeing? The mediating role of mindfulness. International Journal of Contemporary Educational Research, 7(2), 271-280.
  • Benton, S. A., Robertson, J. M., Tseng, W. C., Newton, F. B., & Benton, S. L. (2003). Changes in counseling center client problems across 13 years. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34(1), 66.
  • Campagna, C. G., & Curtis, G. J. (2007). So worried I don't know what to be: Anxiety is associated with increased career indecision and reduced career certainty. Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools, 17(1), 91-96.
  • Choi, B. Y., Park, H., Nam, S. K., Lee, J., Cho, D., & Lee, S. M. (2011). The development and initial psychometric evaluation of the Korean Career Stress Inventory for college students. The Career Development Quarterly, 59(6), 559-572.
  • Creed, P. A., Hood, M., Praskova, A., & Makransky, G. (2016). The career distress scale: Using Rasch measurement theory to evaluate a brief measure of career distress. Journal of Career Assessment, 24(4), 732-746.
  • Çöp, S. (2020). Kariyer stresinin kariyer kararlılığı üzerindeki etkisinde sosyal ağ desteğinin aracılık rolü: Gastronomi öğrencileri üzerine bir araştırma. Sosyal, Beşeri ve İdari Bilimler Dergisi, 3(10), 835-856.
  • Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D. W., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). New well-being measures: Short scales to assess flourishing and positive and negative feelings. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 143-156.
  • Erhan, T., Karagöz, Ş., & Uzunbacak, H. H. (2021). Kariyer kararlılığın psikolojik iyi oluş üzerine etkisinde psikolojik sağlamlığın aracılık rolü. Yönetim ve Ekonomi Araştırmaları Dergisi, 19(4), 171-198.
  • Işık, E. (2014). Üniversite öğrencilerinin öznel iyi oluş, üniversiteye uyum, kaygı ve depresyon düzeylerinin kariyer karar düzeylerine göre incelenmesi. 1. Uluslararası Avrasya Eğitim Araştırmaları Kongresi.
  • Fouad, N. A., Guillen, A., Harris-Hodge, E., Henry, C., Novakovic, A., Terry, S., & Kantamneni, N. (2006). Need, awareness, and use of career services for college students. Journal of Career Assessment, 14(4), 407-420.
  • Gati, I., Krausz, M., & Osipow, S. H. (1996). A taxonomy of difficulties in career decision making. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 43(4), 510-526.
  • Gordon, V. N. (1998). Career decidedness types: A literature review. The Career Development Quarterly, 46(4), 386-403.
  • Gültekin, V., & Şeşen, Y. (2021). Career decidedness of college students: A research on medical documentation and secretarial students. Bartın Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 6(1), 3-14.
  • Günay, A., & Çelik, R. (2019). Kariyer stresinin psikolojik iyi oluş ve iyimserlik değişkenleriyle yordanması. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi, 2(33), 205-218.
  • Huppert, F. A. (2009). Psychological well‐being: Evidence regarding its causes and consequences. Applied Psychology: Health and Well‐being, 1(2), 137-164.
  • Keyes, C. L., Shmotkin, D., & Ryff, C. D. (2002). Optimizing well-being: The empirical encounter of two traditions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 82(6), 1007.
  • Kidd, J. M. (1998). Emotion: An absent presence in career theory. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 52(3), 275-288. Lazarus, R. S., & Folkman, S. (1984). Stress, Appraisal, and Coping. New York: Springer Publishing Company.
  • Li, H., Ngo, H. Y., & Cheung, F. (2019). Linking protean career orientation and career decidedness: The mediating role of career decision self-efficacy. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 115, 103322.
  • Lounsbury, J. W., Hutchens, T., & Loveland, J. M. (2005). An investigation of big five personality traits and career decidedness among early and middle adolescents. Journal of Career Assessment, 13(1), 25-39.
  • Lounsbury, J. W., Tatum, H. E., Chambers, W., Owens, K. S., & Gibson, L. W. (1999). An investigation of career decidedness in relation to big five'personality constructs and life satisfaction. College Student Journal, 33(4), 646-652.
  • Mann, L., Harmoni, R., & Power, C. (1989). Adolescent decision-making: The development of competence. Journal of Adolescence, 12(3), 265-278.
  • Meydan, C. H. & H. Şeşen. (2015). Yapısal Eşitlik Modellemesi AMOS Uygulamaları. Ankara: Detay Yayıncılık.
  • O'Hare, M. M., & Tamburri, E. (1986). Coping as a moderator of the relation between anxiety and career decision making. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 33(3), 255.
  • Özden, K., & Sertel-Berk, Ö. (2017). Kariyer Stresi Ölçeği’nin (KSÖ) Türkçe'ye uyarlanması ve psikometrik özelliklerinin sınanması. Psikoloji Çalışmaları, 37(1), 35-51.
  • Penn, L. T., & Lent, R. W. (2019). The joint roles of career decision self-efficacy and personality traits in the prediction of career decidedness and decisional difficulty. Journal of Career Assessment, 27(3), 457-470.
  • Rottinghaus, P. J., Jenkins, N., & Jantzer, A. M. (2009). Relation of depression and affectivity to career decision status and self-efficacy in college students. Journal of Career Assessment, 17(3), 271-285.
  • Ryff, C. D., & Keyes, C. L. M. (1995). The structure of psychological well-being revisited. Journal of personality and social psychology, 69(4), 719.
  • Ryff, C. D., Magee, W. J., Kling, K. C., & Wing, E. H. (1999). Forging Macro-Micro Linkages in The Study of Psychological Well-Being. C. D. Ryff and V. W. Marshall (Eds.). The Self and Society in Aging Processes içinde, (s. 247-278). New York: Springer Publishing Company.
  • Savickas, M. L., Carden, A. D., Toman, S., & Jarjoura, D. (1992). Dimensions of career decidedness. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 25, 102.
  • Schermelleh-Engel, K., Moosbrugger, H., & Müller, H. (2003). Evaluating the fit of structural equation models: Tests of significance and descriptive goodness-of-fit measures. Methods of Psychological Research Online, 8(2), 23-74.
  • Strauser, D. R., Lustig, D. C., & Çiftçi, A. (2008). Psychological well-being: Its relation to work personality, vocational identity, and career thoughts. The Journal of Psychology, 142(1), 21-35.
  • Şeker, G. (2021). Kariyer kararsızlığının yordayıcısı olarak iyi oluş ve kariyer kaygısı. Pamukkale Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, (51), 262-275.
  • Telef, B. B. (2013). Psikolojik iyi oluş ölçeği: Türkçeye uyarlama, geçerlik ve güvenirlik çalışması. Hacettepe Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesi Dergisi, 28(28-3), 374-384.
  • Toyokawa, T., & DeWald, C. (2020). Perceived career barriers and career decidedness of first‐generation college students. The Career Development Quarterly, 68(4), 332-347.
  • Uthayakumar, R., Schimmack, U., Hartung, P. J., & Rogers, J. R. (2010). Career decidedness as a predictor of subjective well-being. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 77(2), 196-204.
  • Viola, M. M., Musso, P., Inguglia, C., & Lo Coco, A. (2016). Psychological well‐being and career indecision in emerging adulthood: The moderating role of hardiness. The Career Development Quarterly, 64(4), 387-396.
  • Yam, F. C. Adalet meslek yüksekokulu öğrencilerinin kariyer streslerinin psikolojik iyi oluşları üzerindeki yordayıcı rolü. Uluslararası Sosyal Araştırmalar Dergisi, 13(72). 710-721.
  • Zhou, M., & Xu, Y. (2013). University students’ career choice and emotional well-being. Journal of Educational and Social Research, 3(7), 243-243.
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Primary Language Turkish
Subjects Business Administration
Journal Section Araştırma Makalesileri
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Fatma Büşra Polat 0000-0002-6826-6871

Publication Date June 29, 2022
Submission Date May 1, 2022
Published in Issue Year 2022 Volume: 23 Issue: 2

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APA Polat, F. B. (2022). Kariyer Stresinin ve Kariyer Kararlılığının Psikolojik İyi Oluş Üzerindeki Etkisi. Anadolu Üniversitesi İktisadi Ve İdari Bilimler Fakültesi Dergisi, 23(2), 62-80. https://doi.org/10.53443/anadoluibfd.1112084


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