Abstract
This study investigated the relationship between Career Maturity and Self-Efficacy of senior secondary students and studied the comparison of boys' and girls' Career Maturity and Self-Efficacy at the senior secondary stage. The study employed a descriptive research design. The population for the study consisted of all government and private senior secondary students at Muzaffarpur in Bihar. The sample for the study comprised 792 students (370 boys and 422 girls) of standard XII which were selected using the stratified random sampling technique. The study reveals that the career maturity of senior secondary students was positively correlated with the selfefficacy of senior secondary students. A significant difference was found between the mean scores of boys and girls of senior secondary on the various dimensions of career maturity, i.e., self-appraisal, occupational information, goal selection, goal planning, and problem-solving, respectively and lastly overall career maturity. The difference between self-efficacy of boys and girls at the senior secondary level was also found to be significant. Implications for practitioners, counsellors, educators, parents and interventions for career counselling are also presented.
Highlights
A days the career problems of young people have been an increasingly important issue
The coefficient of determination (r2) was 0.5402, which shows that 0.5402th or 54.02% variation in career maturity can be attributable to the self-efficacy of senior secondary students
This value of r2 suggests that 45.98% of variation in the career maturity of senior secondary students is due to some other variables
Summary
A days the career problems of young people have been an increasingly important issue. Self-efficacy is the concept delivered from the society education theory of Bandura (1977). It indicates self-confidence in successfully organizing and executing tasks, and determines an individual's capacity to control the motives, recognition, and direction of their actions. Self-efficacy is enhanced by the support of teacher and parents, in childhood and during adolescence, and indirectly influenced by the individual's level of selfrespect. Betz and Hackett (1983) reported that self-efficacy was related to career maturity due to the influences of vocational activities and the insights obtained by people participating in such activities. Such research revealed that selfefficacy is co-related with various aspects of career development and this correlation has been supported by Lent et al (1984) and Taylor and Pompa (1990)
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