Choosing a Major in Higher Education: Profiles of Students' Decision-Making Process

Autor/inn/en	Germeijs, Veerle; Luyckx, Koen; Notelaers, Guy; Goossens, Luc; Verschueren, Karine
Titel	Choosing a Major in Higher Education: Profiles of Students' Decision-Making Process
Quelle	In: Contemporary Educational Psychology, 37 (2012) 3, S.229-239 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0361-476X
DOI	10.1016/j.cedpsych.2011.12.002
Schlagwörter	Majors (Students); Higher Education; Educational Research; Self Efficacy; Career Choice; Adolescents; Social Adjustment; Multivariate Analysis; Profiles; Grade 12; Decision Making; Foreign Countries; Belgium + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Bildungsforschung; Pädagogische Forschung; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Soziale Anpassung; Multivariate Analyse; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; School year 12; 12. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 12; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Ausland; Belgien
Abstract	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' scores for coping with career decisional tasks (i.e., orientation, exploration, decisional status, and commitment), four clusters were identified. As expected, these profiles paralleled Marcia's (1966) 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. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10