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Article

Publication Date

3-8-2019

Publication Title

The Career Development Quarterly

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Wiley

Abstract

This article provides a comprehensive review of the theoretical and empirical progress of indecision structural models and assessment from 2000 to 2017. Because career indecision remains a central topic for career counseling, it is important for the field to achieve an updated understanding of its models and measurement. Based on the development of theory-driven and data-driven indecision models and measures, the review generally found that the Career Decision Difficulties Questionnaire, the Emotional and Personality Career Difficulties Scale, and the Career Indecision Profile could reliably and validly measure various factors of career indecision. It was also found that an integrative five-factor model of indecision (i.e., neuroticism/negative affectivity, choice/commitment anxiety, need for information, lack of readiness, and interpersonal conflicts) shows the potential to adequately represent the comprehensive factor structure of career indecision. Implications and recommendations for practice and research are discussed in a global context.

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Author Posting © National Career Development Association, 2019. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of the National Career Development Association for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in the Career Development Quarterly, March, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1002/cdq.12159

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