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Relation of Neuroticism and Negative Career Thoughts and Feelings to Lack of Information

Purdue University, kkelly{at}purdue.edu

Yun-Jeong Shin

Purdue University

The purpose of this study was to explore correlates of chronic career indecision with multivariate modeling. We examined the effects of neuroticism and negative career thoughts and feelings on lack of information, which is one of the core elements of chronic career indecision. The sample included 310 first-semester students who had entered university study without a declared academic major. The results yielded support for the hypothesized multivariate model. Negative career thoughts and feelings explained a large amount of the variance in lack of information. The influence of neuroticism on lack of information was indirect and fully mediated by negative career thoughts and feelings. These results have significant implications for counseling for chronic career indecision.

Key Words: chronic career indecision • lack of information • pessimistic career thoughts • choice anxiety • neuroticism • counseling for career indecision

This version was published on May 1, 2009

Journal of Career Assessment, Vol. 17, No. 2, 201-213 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1069072708329029


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