Twelve groups of high school juniors exhibiting distinctive vocational decision-making strategies are identified, and the behavior discriminating among them is described. (Author)

Rater and occasion generalizability (G) coefficients were derived by an intraclass correlation method for 11 scales and two total scores on an open-ended questionnaire, The Occupational Information Inventory, which measures vocational decision making. (Author)

Vocational decision-making (VDM) behavior reported by noncollege-aspiring adolescents was measured by 32 indices derived from decision theory. Patterned differences were especially evident on indices assessing range of planning activities. A speculative model was developed to describe the relationship between VDM Clusters and performances…

The purpose of this paper is to clarify the role of developmental "stage" in theoretical treatments of career development. (Author)

Examines continuity in career development from adolescence to middle adulthood by testing the proposition that early developmental task-coping activity predicts later task-coping activity. Results reveal that occupational choice clarity predicted midcareer establishment activity. (Contains 39 references and 3 tables.) (GCP)

Compared decision-making strategies and college major choice among 113 first-year students assigned to Elimination by Aspects Strategy (EBA), Subjective Expected Utility Strategy (SEU), and control groups. "Rational" EBA students scored significantly higher on choice certainty; lower on choice anxiety and career indecision than "rational"…

This paper outlines psychological decision theory, summarizes eight prominent vocational decision-making models, compares and contrasts them on basic assumptions and fundamental concepts, and suggests applications of theory to theoretical decision types. Implications for research, theory, and practice are discussed. (Author/JH)

Expressed vocational choices correctly predicted actual occupations 2 years after high school for 38 percent of the total sample. When certainty level was added to expressed choice, prediction rates were 43 percent for very sure choosers, 38 percent for fairly sure choosers, and 28 percent who were not sure. (Author)

Responds to earlier article which presented case of Rachel, 28-year-old art education major who sought help at the university counseling center because she had a lack of interest in completing her major course work and thought that she might be pursuing the wrong profession. Presents a developmental career counseling approach to working with this…

This study described the development of occupational decision processes over the high school years. The key processes in occupational decision development for both sexes appeared to be an information search strategy and an elaborate rationale. Both processes increased in complexity and contributed to confident feelings about occupational choices…

Findings indicated that group format was related to criteria of choice basis complexity in career decisions for high conceptual level students only. No significant interaction was obtained for attitudes toward career decisions and planning activity. (Author)

Examined the effect of three career guidance methods on the career exploratory and career decision making of eleventh grade students. Results showed behavioral problem-solving training was more effective than guided field trips or cognitive training. Student evaluations were positive for all three methods. (JAC)

A total of 1,994 students (approximately 70% of those who participated in the American College Testing Program's Nationwide Study of Career Development) who were working more than half-time three years later responded to an extensive mailed questionnaire followup study seeking to describe the predictability of actual job choice from expressed…

A study was devised to test the hypothesis that rural ninth grade students viewing videotaped field trips as part of vocational group guidance classes will exhibit greater occupational knowledge than similar groups who do not view the videotapes. Subjects were 262 ninth grade students from four rural high schools; the schools were paired to form a…

This study tested various aspects of the social cognitive career theory (SCCT) suggested by Lent, et al. (1994), addressing whether these constructs could be modeled using data from adolescents participating in a minority teacher recruitment program for urban and rural at-risk minority students. The study hypothesized that self-efficacy and…