Preparing students with learning disabilities (LDs) to make the transition into the world of work is considered an essential preparation that high schools can provide. However, existing services are limited for career development preparation, and available programs rely on assessments normed for samples of students without LDs. This study examined…

This study tested the developmental trajectories of career maturity (CM) and parental attachment (PA), the longitudinal influence of both, and gender as a moderator. Findings showed developmental progressions in adolescents' PA and CM over 4 years. The change in PA was positively related to the developmental change in CM. For gender, there was a…

Childhood marks the dawn of vocational development, involving developmental tasks, transitions, and change. Children must acquire the rudiments of career adaptability to envision a future, make educational and vocational decisions, explore self and occupations, and problem solve. The authors situate child vocational development within human life…

The authors assessed the career maturity of students in accelerated versus traditional academic programs. Students in traditional programs were hypothesized to be more advanced regarding their career decision making and development when compared with students in accelerated programs. The Medical Career Development Inventory (see M. L. Savickas,…

States that the construct of maturation's central role in career development theory seems outdated. Introduces the five articles concerning career maturity contained in this journal issue. (MKA)

Explored women's experiences of group process in career planning interventions and relationship of those experiences to vocational maturity. Results from 99 career-undecided women revealed that female clients, similar to other counseling clients, highly valued both cognitive and affective components of group process in career counseling groups.…

Reports cross-sectional data from 1,971 Australian adolescents who completed the Career Decision Scale and the Career Development Inventory. Results illustrate a developmental progression in career maturity, although a less uniform pattern emerged with gender differences. Findings regarding career indecision also presented a complex picture and…

Notes that Super's work to linguistically explicate and operationally define career development and its central processes has strongly influenced how counselors comprehend and guide their clients' vocational behavior. Explains how Super conceptualized career development in terms of life stages and developmental tasks, and how he proposed that…

Investigated whether a meaningful relationship existed between an attitudinal measure of career maturity and a measure of career maturity reflecting job performance-related behavioral competencies in African-American high school students (n=74). Only modest relationships were found between several career maturity attitudes and behavioral measures.…

Demonstrates difficulty in proving medium-term and long-term effects of career maturity on career adjustment and the connection with research and theoretical shortcomings. Presents empirical evidence supporting self-concept orientation in choice of present major and realization of preferences acts as mediating factors between career development…

Applied Campbell and Fiske's multitrait, multimethod analysis to scores from 3 measures of career development (Attitude Scale of Career Maturity Inventory, Vocational Preference Inventory, and Decision-Making Scale of Career Development Inventory) completed by 129 college students. Table of multitrait, multimethod correlation coefficients for the…

Argues that career maturity gives insufficient attention to the contexts of time and culture. Suggests the use of recent advances in developmental theory as an alternative for understanding developmental transitions. Cites findings from a study highlighting how individual differences and contextual factors contribute to the school-to-work…

Evaluates the career maturity and career decision-making attributional style of high school students in an ethnically diverse, southeastern urban school system. Results indicate a significant, positive relationship between career maturity and an optimistic attributional style. Young men perceived more control over their career decision making than…

Examines relationships between leisure behavior and occupational identity in college students (N=109). Results indicate significant relationships among thinking and contemplating, ethical leisure behavior, and occupational identity. Students more involved in intellectual and creative leisure activities were more advanced in occupational identity…

Using data for 2,722 British adolescents explores whether work-related skills and career role models are associated with career maturity when sociodemographic characteristics, family support, and personal characteristics are controlled. Having work-related skills and having a career role model were positively associated with career maturity.…