| Abstract: | It has been suggested that variation in the extent to which individuals possess vocationally mature coping strategies will differentially influence their progress in the process of completing specific decision-making tasks. Measures of vocationally mature coping strategies and progress on decision-making tasks were administered to 174 undergraduates. A canonical analysis was employed to identify the primary independent dimensions that relate the 2 sets of variables measured. Two significant canonical roots were extracted from this analysis. Results suggest that (a) the extent to which an S employed a planning orientation appeared to hinder or facilitate movement beyond the exploratory phase of making a decision about an occupation and (b) Ss who engaged in making decisions about college major or occupation and who did so without the benefit of decision-making skills and available resources were likely to devote excess effort in the prechoice portion of the decision-making process. (30 ref) (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved) |
