Pessimism, Defensive Pessimism, Avoidant Coping, and Career Indecision in High School Students: A Model Test
Year: 2024
Type: article
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: High school years constitute one of the critical periods for individuals' career choice and career development. Based on this, it is essential to identify the factors that negatively affect students' career decisions and to intervene against them. This study aimed to contribute to the literature by testing a model that predicts pessimism, defensive pessimism, and avoidant coping to explain career indecision. 778 high school students (587 girls, 191 boys; Mage = 16.4 years, SD = .52) participated in this study, and students completed self-report measures of the above-mentioned constructs. The results showed that pessimism and career indecision were significantly related, with defensive pessimism and avoidant coping supporting a significant serial mediation model between pessimism and career indecision. These results provide substantial empirical evidence and recommendations that suggest promising ways to reduce career indecision in adolescents, pessimism, defensive pessimism, and avoidant coping.
Source: İZÜ Eğitim Dergisi
Author: Hazel Duru
Institution: Bursa Uludağ Üni̇versi̇tesi̇
Language: English
Subfield: Safety Research
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4402277162