Psychological Development and Education ›› 2007, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (2): 63-67.

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The Relationships between College Students’ Identity, Career Exploration and Career Decision-Making Difficulties

LI Wen-dao1,2, ZOU Hong2, ZHAO Xia2   

  1. 1. Department of Psychology, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100037;
    2. Institue of Developmental Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875
  • Online:2007-04-15 Published:2007-04-15

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Abstract: Questionnaires were used to explore the relationships among college students' identity, career exploration and career decision-making difficulties. The results indicated as follows:(1) different type of identity has significant difference in career exploration,the higher the level of the identity,the higher the career exploration;(2) different type of identity has significant difference in career decision-making difficulties,the higher the level of the identity,the lower the career decision-making difficulties.

Key words: identity, career exploration, career decision-making difficulties

CLC Number: 

  • B844.2
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