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Career decision-making difficulties of Turkish adolescents

  • Feride Bacanli
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Abstract

The purposes of this study are (1) to adapt the Career Decision-Making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ) to Turkish high school students and (2) to examine gender differences, grade differences, and differences between “decided” and “undecided” students. The sample consisted of 2509 adolescent students. The results showed that the structure of the Turkish version of the CDDQ was similar to the structure of the original CDDQ. The adolescent girls reported greater difficulties general indecisiveness, and dysfunctional belief difficulties than adolescent boys. Adolescent boys reported greater motivation difficulties than adolescent girls. Undecided students reported having more difficulties than decided students.

Keywords

Career decision-making difficulties Adolescents Cross-cultural adaptation 

Résumé

Difficultés de prise de décision de carrière des adolescents turcs. Les objectifs de cette étude sont les suivants: (1) adapter le Questionnaire concernant les difficultés pour prendre des décisions liées à la carrière fourni aux étudiants Turques de niveau secondaire et (2) examiner les différences entre les sexes, les classes et les étudiants « décidés » et « indécis ». Le questionnaire est constitué de 2’509 étudiants adolescents. Les résultats ont montré que la structure du CDDQ en version Turque était similaire à la structure de la version originale. Les filles présentèrent des difficultés générales portant sur le niveau d’indécision et sur les croyances dysfonctionnelles que les garçons. Les garçons présentèrent moins de difficultés de motivation que les filles. Les étudiants indécis présentèrent plus de difficultés que les étudiants décidés.

Zusammenfassung

Schwierigkeiten von karrierentscheidung der turkische jugendliche. Der Zweck dieser Studie ist (1) die Umfrage bezüglich der Karriereentscheidungsschwierigkeiten (CDDQ) auf Türkische Schüler in der Sekundarstufe anzupassen und (2) die Geschlechtsunterschiede, Klassenunterschiede und die Unterschiede zwischen Schülern, die sich „entschieden haben“und die sich „nicht entschieden haben“ zu untersuchen. Die Basis der Studie wurde von 2509 Jugendlichen gebildet. Die Ergebnisse haben nachgewiesen dass die Struktur der türkischen Version der CDDQ ähnlich mit der Struktur der Original-CDDQ ist. Die Schülerinnen gaben größere Schwierigkeiten im Zusammenhang mit generelle Unentschiedenheit und disfunktionelle Glaubensschwierigkeiten als männliche Schüler an. Die männlichen Schüler gaben größere Motivationsschwierigkeiten als die Schülerinnen an. Unentschieden Schüler gaben an mehr Schwierigkeiten zu haben als Schüler die sich entschieden haben.

Resumen

Dificultades en adolescentes turcos tomando decisiones acerca de sus carreras académicas. Los propósitos del presente estudio son: (1) adaptar el Cuestionario sobre las dificultades en planear la carrera, a los estudiantes Turcos de nivel secundario, (2) estudiar las diferencias de género y clase entre los estudiantes decisivos e indecisos. La CDDQ fue llevada a cabo por 2509 estudiantes adolescentes. Los resultados mostraron que la estructura de la versión turca del CDDQ fue similar a la del CDDQ original. Las mujeres reportaron mayores dificultades indecisión general, y las dificultades de creencias disfuncionales que los varones adolescentes. Los varones presentaron mas dificultades motivacionales que las mujeres. Los estudiantes indecisos padecieron más dificultades que los estudiantes decididos.

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  1. 1.Guidance and Psychological Counseling Department, Gazi Education FacultyGazi UniversityAnkaraTurkey

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