Choosing a major in higher education: Profiles of students鈥?decision-making process

详细信息	查看全文 | 推荐本文 |

• 作者：Veerle Germeijs^a ; ^{veerle.germeijs@psy.kuleuven.be} ; Koen Luyckx^a ; ^{koen.luyckx@psy.kuleuven.be} ; Guy Notelaers^b ; ^{guy.notelaers@uib.no} ; Luc Goossens^a ; ^{luc.goossens@psy.kuleuven.be} ; Karine Verschueren^a ; ^{karine.verschueren@psy.kuleuven.be}
• 关键词：Educational choice ; Decision-making profiles ; Higher education ; Identity
• 刊名：Contemporary Educational Psychology
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：80_0361476x
• 类别：psy
• 出版时间：July, 2012
• 卷：37
• 期：3
• 页码：229-239
• 文件大小：309 K

摘要

This study identified decision-making profiles of students who make a choice of a major in higher education. These profiles were examined in a sample of Belgian students at the end of Grade 12, when the educational system expects that these adolescents choose a specific major. Using latent class cluster analysis on adolescents鈥?scores for coping with career decisional tasks (i.e., orientation, exploration, decisional status, and commitment), four clusters were identified. As expected, these profiles paralleled identity statuses (i.e., the achievement, moratorium, foreclosure, and diffusion status). Results provided support for the external validity of the identified clusters through differential associations with several person variables (i.e., career decision-making self-efficacy, career choice anxiety, and decision-making style) and with academic functioning in higher education (i.e., commitment, academic and social adjustment). Implications for current educational research and research on career decision-making are discussed.