Examined whether Career Decision Scale (CDS) scores and four subscales were related to high school students' (N=465) career decision status, grade level, and gender. Findings demonstrated utility of using factor-based subscales to create typology of career indecision and showed many significant differences on various indecision scales resulting…

Tested the utility of the Career Decision Scale in identifying chronic career indecision in 205 high school seniors. Followup data was gathered three years later. Results indicated the CDS factor scores can help identify the more chronically career indecisive students whose indecision is complicated by personality concerns. (JAC)

Studied validity of the Career Decision Scale (CDS) for use by high school counselors in identifying students needing career services. Results showed that the construct or factor validity of an adapted CDS did not support its use as a measure of different components of educational/vocational indecision. (WAS)

This paper describes a comparative study to measure differences in the levels of career indecision for high school seniors (N=113) who are African American, Asian, Hispanic, Native American, White, or mixed race, and are involved in activities in a School-to-Work (STW) program of an urban high school. A demographic survey and the Career Decision…