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dc.contributor.authorCreed, PA
dc.contributor.authorPatton, W
dc.contributor.authorBartrum, D
dc.contributor.editorNorman C Gysbers
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T13:00:28Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T13:00:28Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.date.modified2010-09-29T06:51:33Z
dc.identifier.issn0894-8453
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/5590
dc.description.abstractOne hundred and thirty final year high school students were administered scales tapping optimism/pessimism, self-esteem, external career barriers, career decision-making self-efficacy, career maturity and career indecision. It was hypothesised, first, that cognitive style (optimism/pessimism) would influence both internal (self-esteem) and external career-related barriers, second, that internal barriers would interact with external barriers and impact on career decision-making self-efficacy, and third, the previously mentioned variables would subsequently affect the career development variables of career maturity and career indecision. Results demonstrated that cognitive style was influential in determining the perception of internal barriers (for females and males) and external barriers (females only). Internal and external barriers, along with optimistic/pessimistic cognitive style, were found to influence career decision-making self-efficacy (in males, but not in females). There was no evidence that internal and external barriers interacted to influence career decision-making self-efficacy. Finally, it was found that career decision-making self-efficacy, internal and external barriers, and optimistic/pessimistic cognitive style were able to predict career development attitude (males and females), career development knowledge (females only) and career indecision (males only). Results are discussed in the context of Carver and Scheier's (1981) control theory.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherHuman Sciences Press, Inc.
dc.publisher.placeUnited States
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal201758
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom277
dc.relation.ispartofpageto294
dc.relation.ispartofissue4
dc.relation.ispartofjournalJournal of Career Development
dc.relation.ispartofvolume30
dc.subject.fieldofresearchSpecialist studies in education
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3904
dc.titleInternal and External Barriers, Cognitive Style, and the Career Development Variables of Focus and Indecision
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Applied Psychology
gro.rights.copyright© 2004 Sage Publications. Reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. This journal is available online please use hypertext links. This is the author manuscript version of the paper.
gro.date.issued2004
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gro.griffith.authorCreed, Peter A.


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