Examined the relationship between students' sex, class, and participation in athletics with their ability to formulate mature career plans. Students (N=568) completed questionnaires, which showed freshman and sophomore male athletes did not formulate career plans to as great an extent as freshman and sophomore nonathletes. (BH)

Assessed the validity of using systematic life history information to predict three vocational decision-making criteria in 200 college students: vocational decidedness and its two components, vocational identity and vocational maturity. Significant typologies were identified, however, results indicated that the overall construct of vocational…

Investigated the predictive and construct validity of six experimental measures of career maturity among high school students. Data provide some support for the construct and predictive validity of four of the six career maturity scales. Some technical issues and possible sources of invalidity are discussed, and recommedations are made for future…

Evaluated the effects of a career course for college freshmen undecided about a major or career, using the Vocational Identity, Occupational Information and Barrier scales of My Vocational Situation. Results suggested the course had a positive effect on vocational identity, independent of the personal characteristics of instructor or student. (JAC)

Examined the relationships between career maturity, sex, physical disability, and grades in 40 disabled and 46 nondisabled college students. Results showed disabled students were more vocationally mature than nondisabled students and female students were more vocationally mature than males. Type of disability was not related to career maturity.…

Examined the relationship between factors influencing career development and the decision-making process in 174 students. Results suggested that planning orientation will hinder or facilitate movement beyond the exploratory phase of decision making, and decision-making skills reduce the effort of the prechoice portion of decision making. (WAS)

Describes the Career Development Inventory, Form III, which provides data on its content, reliability, factor structure, and validity. Uses of the CDI in evaluation studies, in surveys for planning career education, and in individual and group counseling are discussed. (Author)

Examines several dimensions of job choices in children of four age groups (early and late preschool, second and fourth grade). Findings showed that older children were more selective in personal job choice, especially in regard to jobs attributed to the opposite sex. (Author)

Examined extent and function of parental attachments among college seniors. Results from 159 college seniors revealed that characteristics of parental attachment as described by college seniors were positive and associated with self-reports of career maturity. Comparison of descriptions provided by seniors and first-year students revealed no…

Examined relationship between vocational identity and academic achievement for college freshmen (n=1,290). Results did not demonstrate relationship between vocational identity scores and grade point average. Results imply that counselors using vocational identity scores to target students in greatest need of career counseling may be missing many…

Parental attachment was a more significant influence than psychological separation on the career maturity of 82 college freshmen from intact families. Those who were more attached to parents were more likely to engage in career planning and exploration. (Contains 42 references.) (SK)

The Career Maturity Inventory was revised in 1995 using previously unpublished longitudinal data for item selection. The new inventory has 25 attitude and 25 competence items, each yielding a score that measures degree of career maturity of conative and cognitive variables, respectively. (SK)

Compares the expectations for career counseling and the level of career maturity among trauma survivors and nonsurvivors who participated in a program at a social service agency. Findings indicate that trauma survivors were more motivated and open to counseling, but expected their counselors to be less empathic. No differences were noted on career…

An experimental group of 792 tenth graders spent from one to seventeen hours on ECES, a computer-based educational and occupational exploration system. Gains on a test of vocational maturity administered at the beginning and end of the school year were compared with a control group. ECES users showed larger gains. (Author)

This study found that career maturity attitudes are positively associated with parental behavior conducive to psychological well-being, and are negatively associated with parental behavior tending to produce psychological maladjustment. (Author)