Relation of state and trait anxiety to different components of career indecision.

Several studies have reported evidence that a substantial relation exists between career indecision and anxiety. However, little research has been reported that would explain the relation in empirical terms. This study was designed to determine if state and trait anxiety relate differentially to various components of career indecision. To accomplish this objective, we generated factor scores from the Career Decision Scale (CDS) and correlated them individually with the two measures of anxiety. The results indicated that anxiety correlated with three of the CDS factors but did not correlate with a fourth factor representing multiple interests. We discuss these findings as well as recommendations for continuing research. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)