Occupational/Career Amotivation and Indecision for Gifted and Talented Adolescents: A Cognitive Decision-Making Process Perspective

Two alternative versions of a model of the cognitive decision-making processes of gifted and talented adolescents associated with occupational or career indecision were tested in this study. A psychometrically rigorous survey instrument was used to collect data from 664 adolescents attending three a...

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Published inAustralian journal of guidance and counselling Vol. 28; no. 2; pp. 143 - 165
Main Author Jung, Jae Yup
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.12.2018
SAGE Publications
Subjects
Academic Aptitude
Academically Gifted
Achievement tests
Adolescents
Age
Aptitude Tests
Bias
Career awareness
Career Choice
Career Guidance
Careers
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive Processes
College Entrance Examinations
Decision Making
Factor Analysis
Factor Structure
Failure
Foreign Countries
Gifted
Gifted education
High School Students
Indecision
Interpersonal Relationship
Motivation
Occupational Aspiration
Occupational choice
Predictor Variables
Secondary education
Secondary school students
Structural Equation Models
Surveys
Talent
Teenagers
Verbal Ability
Vocational Interests
Australia
New South Wales
Sydney (NSW)
talented
gifted
adolescents
career indecision
amotivation
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Summary:Two alternative versions of a model of the cognitive decision-making processes of gifted and talented adolescents associated with occupational or career indecision were tested in this study. A psychometrically rigorous survey instrument was used to collect data from 664 adolescents attending three academically selective high schools in Sydney, Australia. Data were analysed using structural equation modelling procedures. The superior model suggested that idiocentric orientations toward the future and social influences from the family are likely to direct gifted and talented adolescents away from a state of occupational amotivation, which is a likely predictor of occupational indecision. The findings may be used to more clearly understand and to better assist gifted and talented adolescents experiencing difficulty with their occupational decisions.
Bibliography:Refereed article. Includes bibliographical references.
Journal of Psychologists and Counsellors in Schools; v.28 n.2 p.143-165; 2018
ISSN:2055-6365
1037-2911
2055-6373
DOI:10.1017/jgc.2016.33