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Predicting Two Components of Career Maturity in School Based Adolescents

School of Applied Psychology, Griffith University-Gold Coast, PMB 50 Gold Coast Mail Centre, Queensland Australia; e-mail: p.creed{at}mailbox.gu.edu.au

Wendy Patton

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

Three hundred and sixty-seven secondary school students across five year levels (8-12) were assessed for levels of career maturity (attitude and knowledge), work commitment, work value, career decidedness (indecision and certainty), career decision-making self-efficacy and self-esteem, and indicated their age, gender, socioeconomic status, school achievement and work experience. Using two multiple regression analyses, the predictor variables were able to account for 52% of the variance of career maturity attitude, and account for 41% of the variance of career maturity knowledge. Self-efficacy, age, career decidedness (certainty) and work commitment were the main predictors of career maturity attitude. Age, gender, career decidedness (certainty), work commitment and career decidedness (indecision) were the main predictors of career maturity knowledge. Results demonstrated the importance of examining two aspects of career maturity (attitude and knowledge), and were discussed in the context of Super's (1957, 1990) theory of career development.

Key Words: career maturity • career decidedness • career decision-making self-efficacy • work salience • work experience.

Journal of Career Development, Vol. 29, No. 4, 277-290 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/089484530302900405


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