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Generalized Self-Efficacy, Coping, Career Indecision, and Vocational Choices of Senior High School Students in Greece

Implications for Career Guidance Practitioners

Ekaterini P. Argyropoulou

University of Athens, Greece

Despina Sidiropoulou-Dimakakou

University of Athens, Greece

Elias G. Besevegis

University of Athens, Greece, argirop{at}fnet.gr

The main purpose of this study is to examine the dimensions of career indecision among a sample of Greek high school students (N = 848) and to classify the students of the sample in regard to their career decision status. A second objective is the investigation of the relationship between career decision status groups and generalized self-efficacy, coping strategies, and vocational interests. The results suggest that four factors contribute to career indecision: absence of structure, need for career guidance, diffusion of interests, and personal conflict. The clustering procedure indicates that the students of the sample could be classified in three career indecision cluster groups: decided, exploring possibilities, and undecided. These cluster groups differ in all four career indecision factors, generalized self-efficacy, coping strategies, and vocational interests. Results are discussed in terms of a career counseling framework.

Key Words: career counseling • career decision status • career indecision • career indecision cluster groups • coping • self-efficacy • vocational interests

Journal of Career Development, Vol. 33, No. 4, 316-337 (2007)
DOI: 10.1177/0894845307300412
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