Vocational Identity Status among Turkish Youth: Relationships between Perfectionisms and Decision Making Style

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relations between vocational identity status, perfectionism and decision making style in a sample of 317 Turkish university students and university graduates. The Vocational Identity Status Assessment (VISA; Porfeli et al., 2011), the General Decision Making Style Inventory (GDMS; Scott and Bruce, 1995), the Almost Perfect Scale- Revised (APS-R; Slaney, Rice, Mobley, Trippi, & Ashby, 2001) were used for data collection. As hypothesized, the regression analyses revealed that, high standards and order were the positive predictors of career exploration and commitment while discrepancy was the negative predictor of commitment. High standards and order were found to be the negative predictor of reconsideration while discrepancy was the positive predictor of reconsideration. The regression analyses revealed that dependent and rational decision making styles were the positive predictors of career exploration and rational and intuitive styles were the positive predictors of commitment. The avoidant style was the positive predictor of reconsideration while intuitive style was the negative predictor of reconsideration.