Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between alexithymia and career decision -making self-efficacy among Tenth and Eleventh grade students in Muscat governorate. To achieve this purpose, Alexithymia Scale (AS),and CDMSE Short Form were administered to a total sample of 556 students of Tenth and Eleventh grades ( (n = 278) males and (n = 278) females . Findings revealed that the level of alexithymia was less than the mean of items, while the level of CDMSE was more than the mean of items, as well as there was no significant correlational relationship between alexithymia and CDMSE. The findings also indicated that there were significant gender differences in alexithymia, while there were no significant gender differences in CDMSE. With regard to GPA, the findings revealed that there were no significant differences in alexithymia, while there were significant differences in CDMSE. Conclusion: It concludes that although there was no significant correlational relationship between alexithymia and career decision-making self-efficacy, alexithymia negatively affects individual’s decisions in life.
Highlights
Alexithymia is one of the psychological concepts that deserves in-depth research; because it reflects the extent to which the individual deals with kinds of feeling in different situations
Problem questions This study attempted to answer the following questions: 1) What is the degree of alexithymia and career decision making self-efficacy (CDMSE) among Tenth and Eleventh grade students? 2) Is there a significant correlational relationship between alexithymia and career decision making self-efficacy (CDMSE)? 3) Are there significant effects in alexithymia due to gender, and GPA? 4) Are there significant effects in career decision-making self-efficacy (CDMSE) due to gender, and GPA?
To answer question 1: What is the degree of alexithymia and career decision making self-efficacy (CDMSE) among Tenth and Eleventh grade students? t –test for One-sample was used to find the significance of the difference from the mean of items (M=3)
Summary
Alexithymia is one of the psychological concepts that deserves in-depth research; because it reflects the extent to which the individual deals with kinds of feeling in different situations. Alexithymia, a term coined by Sifneos (1972) (from the Greek: a = lack, lexis = word, thymos = emotion), refers to a specific disturbance in psychic functioning characterized by difficulties in the capacity to verbalize affect and to elaborate fantasies (Taylor, 1984, P.81). Because psychoanalysts and psychotherapists rely on affects and fantasies to gain access to their patients’ intrapsychic lives, alexithymic individuals are typically poor candidates for insight-oriented psychotherapies. Available online: http://journal.konselor.or.id/index.php/counsedu emotional expressiveness and a limited fantasizing ability were described by psychotherapists long before the alexithymia concept was introduced and were referred to like people who are not psychologically minded (Taylor, 1987). Initially described in the context of psychosomatic illness, alexithymic characteristics may be observed in patients with a wide range of medical and psychiatric disorders (Taylor, 1984)
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