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Coping with career indecision: the role of courage and future orientation in secondary education students from Greek provincial cities

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Abstract

This study examined the relationships among courage, strategies of coping with career indecision, and future orientation in a sample of high school students. A total of 460 Greek adolescents from provincial cities participated in the study. The results indicated that courage indirectly predicted future orientation through productive coping strategies. The main conclusion refers to the fact that specific interventions could promote productive coping strategies and courage, which in turn, may foster the future orientation of adolescents to construct multiple positive occupational pathways, coping with various career and life decisions and, overall, orient themselves positively toward the future.

Résumé

Faire face à l'indécision de carrière: Le rôle du courage et de l'orientation future chez des élèves du secondaire issus des villes de province grecques Cette étude a examiné les relations entre le courage, les stratégies de coping pour faire face à l'indécision de carrière et l'orientation future dans un échantillon de lycéen-enne-s. Au total, 460 adolescent-e-s grec-que-s de villes de province ont participé à l'étude. Les résultats ont indiqué que le courage prédisait indirectement l'orientation future grâce à des stratégies de coping productives. La principale conclusion est la suivante: des interventions spécifiques pourraient promouvoir les stratégies de coping productives et le courage qui, à leur tour, pourraient favoriser l'orientation future des adolescent-e-s afin de construire de multiples parcours professionnels positifs, de faire face à diverses décisions de carrière et de vie et, dans l'ensemble, de s'orienter positivement vers l'avenir.

Zusammenfassung

Bewältigung von beruflicher Unentschlossenheit: Die Rolle von Mut und Zukunftsorientierung bei Highschool Schülerinnen und Schülern aus griechischen Provinzstädten Die vorliegende Studie untersuchte die Beziehungen zwischen Mut, Bewältigungsstrategien bei beruflicher Unentschlossenheit und Zukunftsorientierung in einer Stichprobe von Highschool Schülerinnen und Schülern. Insgesamt nahmen 460 griechische Jugendliche aus Provinzstädten an der Studie teil. Die Ergebnisse wiesen darauf hin, dass Mut durch produktive Bewältigungsstrategien indirekt die Zukunftsorientierung vorhersagte. Die wichtigste Schlussfolgerung bezieht sich auf die Tatsache, dass spezifische Interventionen produktive Bewältigungsstrategien und Mut fördern könnten, was wiederum die Zukunftsorientierung von Jugendlichen begünstigen könnte, so dass diese mehrere positive Berufswege entwickeln, verschiedene Berufs- und Lebensentscheidungen meistern und sich insgesamt positiv an der Zukunft ausrichten.

Resumen

Afrontar la indecisión profesional: el papel de la valentía y la orientación hacia el futuro en estudiantes de educación secundaria de provincias griegas Este estudio examinó las relaciones entre la valentía, las estrategias para afrontar la indecisión profesional y la orientación hacia el futuro en una muestra de estudiantes de secundaria. Participaron en el estudio un total de 460 adolescentes griegos procedentes de provincias. Los resultados indicaron que la valentía predijo indirectamente la orientación hacia el futuro a través de estrategias productivas de afrontamiento. La principal conclusión se refiere al hecho de que el desarrollo de intervenciones específicas podría promover estrategias de afrontamiento productivas y valentía, lo que a su vez, puede fomentar la orientación futura de los adolescentes para construir múltiples trayectorias ocupacionales positivas, afrontando diversas decisiones profesionales y de vida y, en general, orientarse positivamente hacia el futuro.

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Argyropoulou, K., Kaliris, A., Charokopaki, A. et al. Coping with career indecision: the role of courage and future orientation in secondary education students from Greek provincial cities. Int J Educ Vocat Guidance 21, 671–696 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09465-4

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