The purpose of this study was to determine the relationship between career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) and components of the secondary agricultural education program. Additionally, the authors sought to describe secondary students' CDSE and career decision influences. This study's design was descriptive and relational and incorporated high…

This study reviews the current state of career maturity in secondary education--a period of education which is critical for development of this construct, when students are faced with ongoing academic and occupational decisions over the course of their studies. This paper is organized in three parts: first we focus on the concept, models,…

Results of this study support the notions that: (1) there are racial differences in career maturity in urban adolescents, and (2) there are no significant self-concept differences within the same sample population. (Author/WI)

Investigated the effect of a short-term career guidance program on the career maturity and self-concept of Black and White delinquent youth (N=40). While not significantly different, the treatment groups achieved higher career maturity and self-concept scores than the control groups. (BH)

This study of Black high school seniors focused on the assessment of three factors: (1) the relationship between vocational aspirations and actual vocational plans; (2) the relationship between vocational aspirations, actual vocational plans, and levels of academic achievement; and (3) the major factors that influenced the seniors' determination…

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…

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)

Investigated the relationships between career maturity and career curriculum in 38 Melbourne metropolitan secondary schools (N=2280 students) using an Australian adaption of the Career Development Inventory. Results confirmed that schools with career education programs achieved higher gains in student career maturity. (JAC)

The career maturity of 55 academically at-risk students in an integrated career and academic program was strongly influenced by their beliefs regarding overcoming obstacles and peer equality. Beliefs about what seems necessary for happiness and about differences among colleges and occupations also influenced career development attitudes. (Contains…

A further understanding of the relationship between self-concept, race, or sex and career maturity was sought. The results indicated that self-concept seems to have differential impact on career maturity, depending on the race and sex of the participant. (Author)

Tested eight hypotheses concerning relationships between socioeconomic status, sex, work importance, and career maturity with high school students (N=382). Results indicated that work salience (but not socioeconomic status--and sex only slightly) is directly related to career maturity. (LLL)

The occupational cylinder demonstrates the hierarchical arrangement of the occupational levels and the circular configuration of occupational fields. In this study, contribution of the cylinder to the vocational maturity of 11th and 12th graders was investigated. The study implies that an understanding of the occupational structure enhances…

Two causal models of career development differing in inclusion or noninclusion of variables unique to the experience of the hearing impaired were compared for their ability to explain variance in career maturity, with data from 71 hearing-impaired adolescents. Results suggest neither model is more powerful in explaining career maturity variance.…

Discusses the relative merits of vocational indecision, as seen from the student's perspective, and presents several models of vocational indecision. Four categories of reasons for indecision are given with ideas on how to remedy each category. (BL)

This paper presents the results of a study designed to determine whether or not Career Choice Attitudes and Career Choice Competencies are interrelated as hypothesized in the Crites' (1965, 1973a) model of career maturity. Resulting correlations appear to be mostly consistent with the model of career maturity. (Author)