The Career Decision Scale, Assessment of Career Decision Making, and Cognitive Differentiation Grid were administered to 598 community college students. Results indicated a relationship between decision-making styles and vocational construct structure. Poorly developed vocational schemas predispose individuals toward dependent and intuitive…

McDaniels et al. review the University of Missouri's Career Center activities designed to help deciding students. Candrl and Heinzen describe Career Quest, a student organization that is a learning community to support deciding students in knowing themselves, the world of work, and the career development process. (SK)

Six predictor variables (gender, race, disadvantage, postsecondary plans, vocational education, career indecision) were 75% accurate in identifying career maturity and immaturity among 90 economically disadvantaged rural ninth graders. Career indecision and race were most important for career immaturity, race and disadvantage for career maturity.…

A longitudinal study collected data from 151 female and 130 male art students in 1963 and from 109 of females and 99 of males 18 years later. Males experienced generally continuous careers. Female career continuity was apparently not associated with individual qualities but with such situational and lifestyle factors as mother's career, young…

Includes "Introduction" (McDaniels, Watts); "Frank Parsons: Promoter of a Progressive Era" (Watts); "Parsons' Contribution to Career Counseling" (Jones); "Light, Information, Inspiration, Cooperation" (Spokane, Glickman); "Parsons' Contribution to Career Assessment" (Zytowski, Swanson);…

Postbaccalaureate students applying for admission to a teacher certification program (n=100) were asked why they selected teaching as a career. Primary motivators were internal, such as the desire to make a difference. Many came from careers that lacked a social orientation. (JOW)

Scores on the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale for 418 underprepared undergraduates were analyzed to determine component structure. Two distinct components for underprepared students were identified: information gathering and decision making, which accounted for 60% of variance among scale items. (SK)

Describes the Fukuyama Profile, which helps identify students' ability to choose an occupation through a process of self-analysis, job analysis, occupational tryouts, and matching of personality and interests with appropriate occupations. Gives examples of its use in Hawaii, New York, Germany, France, Switzerland, Japan, England, and the Soviet…

Describes information processing skills used in career decision making (communication, analysis, synthesis, valuing, and execution). Relates these skills to elements of computer-assisted career guidance systems (orientation and needs assessment, self-assessment, alternative generation, information dissemination, decision-making instruction, and…

In an 8-state pilot study of the Career Orientation and Planning Profile, a U.S. version of the Fukuyama Profile, 1,247 students, 27 teachers, 18 counselors, and 15 principals identified benefits and outcomes of its use, confirming the feasibility of the instrument as a career guidance tool. (SK)

Data from 112 of 126 twelfth-grade vocational students who completed Career Decision Scale, My Vocational Situation, and Self-Directed Search showed that chronically career undecided students had lower levels of congruence and vocational identity. Such students may need a more psychotherapeutic approach to career counseling. (SK)

Holland gives a personal account of how the preceding article was initiated and executed. Origins of the research project, the process of statistical analysis, preparation of the final article, and advice for beginning researchers are included. (SK)

Data from 446 African-American eleventh and twelfth graders (two-thirds in vocational schools) showed (1) most wanted marriage and 2 children, had specific career dreams, and were optimistic about success; (2) intramural athletes and some nonathletes aspired to professional sports careers; and (3) dream occupation clarity was greater for…

In study 1, 34 Upward Bound students slightly enhanced career decision-making self-efficacy after 10 hours of career exploration. In study 2, 22 Upward Bound summer institute participants who received 5 weeks of career exploration had higher self-efficacy than 26 participants who did not. No differences in the number of occupations considered were…

Data from the Parent Questionnaire of the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 were used to determine what and whom parents of public school seniors perceived as the best sources of career development information. Results indicated that they regard schools, school counselors, and those working in a particular field as the best sources…