Career Decisiveness of Indian College going students – A Psychosocial Study

Career plays an indispensable role in shaping one's outlook to life. It is important for the students to know the career opportunities. With the aim to comprehend career certainty of college students, a study was conducted. Survey research method was employed and the tool used was "Career...

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Published inJournal of psychosocial research Vol. 14; no. 1; pp. 133 - 140
Main Authors Nakhat, Dr. Preeti, Sinha, Dr. Neeta
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New Delhi Prints Publications Pvt. Ltd 18.07.2019
Subjects
Career development planning
Careers
Children & youth
College students
Counseling psychology
Data collection
Decision making
Personality
Population
Questionnaires
Secondary school students
Secondary schools
Siblings
Stigma
Studies
Bangladesh
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Summary:Career plays an indispensable role in shaping one's outlook to life. It is important for the students to know the career opportunities. With the aim to comprehend career certainty of college students, a study was conducted. Survey research method was employed and the tool used was "Career decision scale" by Samuel H.Osipow. The study included 197 college students. Statistical analysis of the data collected was done using SPSS software and Microsoft excel. The results showed a weak negative correlation between parents' income and career decisiveness whereas a weak positive correlation between number of siblings and career decisiveness.
ISSN:0973-5410
0976-3937
DOI:10.32381/JPR.2019.14.01.14