Career decision-making difficulties of Turkish adolescents

The purposes of this study are (1) to adapt the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) to Turkish high school students and (2) to examine gender differences, grade differences, and differences between “decided” and “undecided” students. The sample consisted of 2509 adolescent stude...

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Published in:International journal for educational and vocational guidance Vol. 16; no. 2; pp. 233 - 250
Main Author: Bacanli, Feride
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 01.07.2016
Springer
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:
Adolescents
Beliefs
Career Choice
Career Decision Making Difficulties Questionnaire
Career development planning
College Students
Decision Making
Decision Making Skills
Education
Foreign Countries
Gender Differences
Grades (Scholastic)
Guidance
High School Students
International and Comparative Education
Professional and Vocational Education
Questionnaires
Secondary school students
Student Motivation
Studies
Taxonomy
Turkey
Turkey
Adolescents
Cross-cultural adaptation
Career decision-making difficulties
ISSN:0251-2513, 1873-0388, 1573-1782
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Summary:The purposes of this study are (1) to adapt the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) to Turkish high school students and (2) to examine gender differences, grade differences, and differences between “decided” and “undecided” students. The sample consisted of 2509 adolescent students. The results showed that the structure of the Turkish version of the CDDQ was similar to the structure of the original CDDQ. The adolescent girls reported greater difficulties general indecisiveness, and dysfunctional belief difficulties than adolescent boys. Adolescent boys reported greater motivation difficulties than adolescent girls. Undecided students reported having more difficulties than decided students.
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ISSN:0251-2513
1873-0388
1573-1782
DOI:10.1007/s10775-015-9304-8