Year: 1999
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between metacognition and vocational indecision among 100 introductory Psychology students within the parameters of the theory of cognitive information processing advanced by Peterson, Sampson, Reardon and Lenz (1996). The Cornell Critical Thinking Test was employed as a measure of metacognition and the Career Decision Scale served as the measure of vocational indecision. The results of a correlation analysis revealed a significant statistical relationship between metacognition and vocational indecision. In particular, individuals who scored higher on the measure of metacognition, indicating increased metacognitive activity such as monitoring and regulation, evidenced a greater degree of vocational decidedness. Alternatively, those who scored lower were found to be more vocationally undecided. Regression analysis revealed deduction, one of the components of metacognition, as a predominant predictor for decidedness.
Authors: Brent Symes, John B. Stewart
Institutions: University of Alberta, University of New Brunswick
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W1567731936