Developmental issues in career maturity and career decision status

By W. Patton, Peter A. Creed. 2001

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There is considerable diversity in the literature regarding age and gender differences on career maturity and career decision status. There is also a dearth of data on high school samples. The present study reports cross-sectional data from 1,971 Australian adolescents, ages 12.51-17.99 years, who completed the Career Decision Scale (S. H. Osipow, C. G. Carney, J. Winer, B. Yanico, & M. Koschier, 1976) and the Career Development Inventory (Australian; J. Lokan, 1984). Results illustrated 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 highlight the need to focus on other demographic and contextual factors.

Subfields: Education, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Safety Research

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Predicting Two Components of Career Maturity in School Based Adolescents (2003, background): “Gender was also an important predictor, which is further evidence that young women are better informed in relation to career related knowledge (Patton & Creed, 2001).”
Multidimensional Properties of the Lot-R: Effects of Optimism and Pessimism on Career and Well-Being Related Variables in Adolescents (2002, methodology): “Participants were drawn from a larger database (see Patton & Creed, 2001) and represented all students in these grades who fully completed the survey form.”
Career Decision-Making Difficulties and Life Satisfaction: The Role of Career-Related Parental Behaviors and Career Adaptability (2021, background): “Finally, in accordance with what was stated by Patton and Creed (2001) and confirmed by other studies on CDD and career adaptability in particular (Albion & Fogarty, 2002; Di Fabio et al., 2015; Zacher, 2014), we considered important to study the impact of the education level (which is related to…”
Positive Adolescent Career Development: The Role of Intrinsic and Extrinsic Work Values (2010, background): “Research indicated that those factors correlate with career development (e.g., Creed, Patton, & Prideaux, 2007; Hirschi & Läge, 2007; Patton & Creed, 2001) and work values (e.g., Duffy & Sedlacek, 2007; Johnson, 2002; Rottinghaus & Zytowski, 2006).”
Examining Contextual Factors in the Career Decision Status of African American Adolescents (2005, background): “Furthermore, internal consistency reliability coefficients of .89 and .73 have been reported for the Indecision and Certainty subscales, respectively (Patton & Creed, 2001).”
Causal Relationship Between Career Indecision and Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy (2006, unknown): “Internal reliability coefficients have been previously established for high school students in the .80 range (Patton & Creed, 2001; Watson, Foxcroft, & Stead, 1991).”
The Relationship Between Career Variables and Occupational Aspirations and Expectations for Australian High School Adolescents (2007, unknown): “Data were collected as part of a larger study when students across Grades 8-12 were surveyed (see Patton & Creed, 2001).”
Antecedents and consequences of career decisional states in adolescence: A longitudinal study (2005, unknown): “In addition, as reported in other studies (e.g., Patton & Creed, 2001), females reported higher scores than males on career knowledge.”
Internal and External Barriers, Cognitive Style, and the Career Development Variables of Focus and Indecision (2003, result): “In relation to gender, previous research has identified differences in the career development of males and females (Luzzo, 1995; Patton & Creed, 2001; Petrone, 2000).”
Gender Differences for Optimism, Self-esteem, Expectations and Goals in Predicting Career Planning and Exploration in Adolescents (2004, methodology): “Participants were drawn from a larger database (see Patton & Creed, 2001) and represented all students in these grades who fully completed the survey.”