Testing a Model of Career Decision-Making Difficulties among Adolescents

Year 2021, Volume: 8 Issue: 1, 21 - 37, 30.01.2021

Tansu Mutlu Çaykuş , Fidan Korkut Owen

Abstract

This study sought to investigate the structural relationships among career decision-making self-efficacy, subjective well-being, socio-economic level, and the career decision-making difficulties of adolescents by testing a structural model. In the current study, the sample consisted of 680 adolescents drawn from the target population 9th grade studying in high schools. The Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire, Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale, Socio-Economic Level Scale and Demographic Information Form were used as data collection instruments. The results indicated that the fit index values of the structural equation model (SEM) are within the limits of a good fit. This analysis revealed a p value of χ2 (χ2 =456.26), which is one of the fit index of the structural equation model, is significant (p<.01). The results of the SEM analysis indicated that career decision-making self-efficacy, subjective well-being, and socio-economic level negatively and significantly predicted career decision-making difficulties of adolescents. The hypothesized model accounted for 29% of the variance in career decision-making difficulties of adolescents. Findings were interpreted by taking into consideration of the relevant literature. Implications for practice and suggestions for counselors and further studies were given in the current study.

Keywords

career decision-making difficulties, career decision-making self-efficacy, subjective well-being, socio-economic level.

Thanks

This article has been reproduced from the master thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Fidan Korkut Owen at the Department of Counseling Psychology and Guidance, Institute of Social Sciences, Hacettepe University.

TESTING A MODEL OF CAREER DECISION-MAKING DIFFICULTIES AMONG ADOLESCENTS

Abstract

Bu araştırmanın amacı, ergenlerin kariyer karar verme güçlük düzeyleri ile kariyer karar verme yetkinlik beklentileri, öznel iyi oluş ve sosyo-ekonomik düzeyleri arasındaki ilişkileri yapısal eşitlik modeli kullanarak incelemektir. Araştırmanın evrenini 9. sınıf öğrencileri oluştururken; örneklemini ise 680 9. sınıf öğrencileri oluşturmuştur. Araştırmada Kişisel Bilgi Formu, Kariyer Karar Verme Güçlükleri Ölçeği, Meslek Kararı Verme Yetkinlik Ölçeği, Ergen Öznel İyi Oluş Ölçeği ve Sosyo-Ekonomik Düzey Ölçeği veri toplama aracı kullanılmıştır. Yapısal eşitlik modeline ilişkin uyum indeks değerlerinin iyi uyum sınırları içerisinde olduğu bulunmuştur. Yapılan analizler sonucunda yapısal eşitlik modeli uyum indekslerinden χ2 değerine (χ2 =456.26) ilişkin p değerinin manidar olduğu (p<.01) görülmüştür. Yapısal eşitlik modellemesi analizi sonuçları, kariyer karar verme yetkinlik beklentisinin ve sosyo-ekonomik düzeyin anlamlı ve negatif olarak kariyer karar verme güçlük düzeyini yordadığını göstermektedir. Kariyer kararı verme yetkinlik beklentisi, öznel iyi oluş ve sosyo-ekonomik düzeyinin kariyer karar vermede güçlük düzeyini açıklama oranı r2=.29 olarak bulunmuştur. Bulgular ilgili alan yazın doğrultusunda tartışılarak yorumlanmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarının uygulama açısından sunduğu katkılar belirtilmiş ve psikolojik danışmanlara verebilecekleri hizmetlere ve ileride yapılacak araştırmalara yönelik öneriler sunulmuştur.

Keywords

kariyer karar verme güçlükleri, kariyer karar verme yetkinlik beklentisi, öznel iyi oluş, sosyo-ekonomik düzey

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