The Effects of Gender on Career Decision Problems in Young Adults

Jeffry H. Larson · Mark C. Butler · Stephan M. Wilson · Nilufer P. Medora · Scot M. Allgood

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The authors investigated gender differences in psychological problems in the career decision making (CDM) process of young adults. Specifically, problems with decision anxiety, life‐goal awareness, luck‐fate orientation, authority orientation, and secondary gain motivation were investigated. Methodology involved administering the Career Decision Diagnostic Assessment (CDDA) instrument to 1,006 college students from four universities. Results indicated no gender differences in global levels of problems in CDM. Women reported more problems with life‐goal awareness and authority orientation than did men. Men reported more problems with secondary gain motivations than did women. The results are discussed in terms of implications for gender‐differentiated career counseling.

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