Keywords
career decision-making, CDM, Career Decision Diagnostics Assessment, CDDA, gender-differentiated career counseling, counseling, gender
Abstract
The authors investigated gender differences in psychological problems in the career decision-making (CDM) process of young adults. Specifically, problems with decision anxiety, life-goal awareness, luck-fate orientation, authority orientation, and secondary gain motivation were investigated. Methodology involved administering the Career Decision Diagnostics Assessment (CDDA) instrument to 1,006 college students from four universities. Results indicated no gender differences in global levels of problems in CDM. Women reported more problems with life-goal awareness and authority orientation than did men. Men reported more problems with secondary gain motivations than did women. The results are discussed in terms of implications for gender-differentiated career counseling.
Original Publication Citation
Larson, J. H., Butler, M. H., Wilson, S., Medora, N., & Allgood, S. (1994). The effects of gender on career decision problems in young adults. Journal of Counseling and Development, 73 (September/October), 79-84.
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Larson, Jeffry H.; Butler, Mark; Wilson, Stephan; Medora, Nilufer; and Allgood, Scot, "The Effects of Gender on Career Decision Problems in Young Adults" (1994). Faculty Publications. 4434.
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/facpub/4434
Document Type
Peer-Reviewed Article
Publication Date
1994-9
Permanent URL
http://hdl.lib.byu.edu/1877/7242
Publisher
Journal of Counseling and Development
Language
English
College
Family, Home, and Social Sciences
Department
Family Life
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