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Relation of Depression and Affectivity to Career Decision Status and Self-Efficacy in College Students

Patrick J. Rottinghaus

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Nicholas Jenkins

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Amanda M. Jantzer

Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Further investigations are necessary to explore the interface between personal-emotional and career-related factors. The authors examined links between participants' emotional life, including depression and positive/negative affect, and career decision status and average level of vocationally relevant self-efficacy in a sample of 388 university students. Participants who had made a career decision were significantly less depressed, as measured by the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, than those who were undecided about their career. Furthermore, the authors found no significant difference in the average level of positive affect or negative affect, as measured by the Positive and Negative Affect Schedule, across career choice status groups. Gender accounted for 8.4% of the variation in overall average level of self efficacy, as measured by the Kuder Skills Assessment—College and Adult Version, and positive affect significantly contributed incremental variance (12.7%). The importance of addressing depression and affectivity in vocational research and practice is discussed.

Key Words: self-efficacy • depression • affect • mood • career decision • social cognitive theory

Journal of Career Assessment, Vol. 17, No. 3, 271-285 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/1069072708330463
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