Self-appraisal is a major component in career maturity. Forty-six men and women completed the Career Maturity Inventory, the Temperament and Values Inventory, and rating forms that required self-estimates of the characteristics purportedly measured by the Temperament and Values Inventory. Self-appraisal was defined in terms of difference scores…

This study assessed the relative value of Bandura's (1977, 1982, 1986) self-efficacy theory and Rotter's (1966) locus of control model in predicting the career maturity of college students. A sample of 113 undergraduates (83 women and 30 men) completed a demographics questionnaire and measures of career decision-making (CDM) self-efficacy (Taylor…