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Bertoch, Sara C.; Lenz, Janet G.; Reardon, Robert C.; Peterson, Gary W. – Journal of Career Development, 2014
Goal instability and its relation to career thoughts, decision state, and performance in an undergraduate career course in a large university were investigated in this study. Participants completed six instruments measuring the nature of goals, career thinking, occupational decision making, satisfaction with career choice, tension associated with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Career Choice, Career Education, Satisfaction
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Walker, Jerry V., III; Peterson, Gary W. – Journal of Career Assessment, 2012
This study investigated the relationships among dysfunctional career thoughts and career indecision with respect to symptoms of depression. Such information could be useful to counselors in identifying individuals at the outset of career counseling who may be experiencing emotional distress from life stressors in addition to career stress.…
Descriptors: Depression (Psychology), Career Development, Career Choice, Career Counseling
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Bullock-Yowell, Emily; Peterson, Gary W.; Reardon, Robert C.; Leierer, Stephen J.; Reed, Corey A. – Career Development Quarterly, 2011
According to cognitive information processing theory, career thoughts mediate the relationship between career and life stress and the ensuing career decision state. Using a sample of 232 college students and structural equation modeling, this study found that an increase in career and life stress was associated with an increase in negative career…
Descriptors: Structural Equation Models, Career Choice, Stress Variables, Decision Making