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Peer reviewedCreed, Peter A.; Patton, Wendy; Bartrum, Dee – Journal of Career Assessment, 2002
Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses of data from the Life Orientation Test Revised for 504 adolescents demonstrated its bidimensionality. High optimism was associated with high levels of career planning, exploration, decision-making confidence, and career-related goals. High pessimism was associated with career indecision, low…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Career Planning, Decision Making, Vocational Maturity
Peer reviewedPatton, Wendy; Creed, Peter A.; Muller, Juanita – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2002
Hypothesized that students who continue full-time study after high school have higher levels of career maturity, psychological well-being, and academic achievement while at school. Surveyed 254 Australian seniors and 132 of these students 9 months after graduation. Found that students who proceeded to full-time further study scored higher in all…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Foreign Countries, Grade 12, Graduate Study
