Decision-making Self-efficacy Research Articles

The Moderating Effect of Positive Psychological Capital on the Relationship Between Career Decision Self-Efficacy and Career Anxiety in Taekwondo Major College Students

The Moderating Effect of Positive Psychological Capital on the Relationship Between Career Decision Self-Efficacy and Career Anxiety in Taekwondo Major College Students

The effect of career calling on medicine students’ learning engagement: chain mediation roles of career decision self-efficacy and career adaptability

The study investigates the influence of career calling on the learning engagement of medical students in higher vocational colleges, focusing on the chain mediation roles of career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) and career adaptability. A cross-sectional survey was conducted with 173 students from three vocational colleges across China, utilizing various scales to measure career calling, learning engagement, career adaptability, and CDSE, and structural equation modeling was employed to analyze the survey data. Chain mediation analysis revealed a significant positive correlation between career calling and learning engagement among medical students. Career adaptability was found to partially mediate the relationship between career calling and learning engagement, while CDSE did not exhibit a significant mediating effect. However, when both career adaptability and CDSE were considered as chained mediators, they had a significant indirect effect on the relationship between career calling and learning. The findings highlight the pivotal significance of cultivating a strong career calling and augmenting career adaptability as strategic approaches to bolster learning engagement among medical students in higher vocational colleges.

The role of parent-adolescent communication interventions in improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes in sub-Saharan Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

BackgroundAcross sub-Saharan Africa, adolescents face the triple tragedy: unintended pregnancies, unsafe abortion, and sexually transmitted infections including HIV due to various reasons, among them, poor parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health. Effective interventions such as improving parent‒adolescent communication has been recognized as a protective factor for adolescent sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Research shows that parent-adolescent communication is associated with reduced adolescent engagement in risky sexual behaviours, including early sexual initiation, lower rates of teenage pregnancy, sexually transmitted infections, and increased self-efficacy in decision making. Despite the potential role of parent-adolescent communication in promoting optimal adolescent sexual and reproductive health, limited research evidence exists on interventions to improve parent-adolescent communication on sexual and reproductive health in sub-Saharan African countries. The aim of this systematic review is to assess the role of parent-adolescent communication intervention programs in improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes.MethodsWe will pool evidence from published literature from January 1990 up to and including February 2024 from multiple databases: PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, African Journals Online, JSTOR, Directory of Open Access Journals, and Google Scholar. Articles published in the English language will be included. Two reviewers will conduct screening for titles, abstracts, and full texts, while a third reviewer will arbitrate in cases of lack of concurrence. Experimental, quasi-experimental and observational study designs will be included.. A data extraction tool based on Microsoft Excel will be used to extract data items from different studies. We will focus on the following outcomes: initiation of sexual activity, use of condoms and contraceptives, reduced risky sexual behaviours such as unprotected sex, and lower rates of teenage pregnancy. When feasible, articles will be combined for statistical meta-analysis. Effect sizes, either reported as weighted mean differences for continuous data or as odds ratios for binary data, will be presented as proportions with 95% confidence intervals. We will use the random effects model to meta-analyse the include studies as we expect considerable variability across study designs. This will provide an average effect size that accounts for variability of results within studies. Sensitivity analysis will also be conducted to assess the robustness of the findings or conclusions of the meta-analysis. The review findings will be reported according to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines.DiscussionThis review provides insights into parent-based intervention programs that have been implemented in sub-Saharan African countries to improve adolescent sexual and reproductive health via promotion of parent-adolescent sexuality communication. The findings will guide further research on this issue as well as inform policy makers on which interventions have a potential effect in improving adolescent sexual and reproductive health.Protocol Registration Number: CRD42024525191 (PROSPERO), Date of registration: 27/03/2024.

The relationship between college students’ indecisiveness and career decision-making: The mediating role of anxiety

This study explored the relationships between college students’ indecisiveness, anxiety, and career decision-making ability. Using the convenience sampling method, 1072 college students at a college in Hunan Province, China completed a questionnaire online that included the Indecisiveness Scale, Career Exploration and Decision Self-Efficacy Scale, and Generalized Anxiety Scale-7. Participants reported their gender and place of origin (rural or city). They indicated whether they were an only child, were left behind, and liked the major they were studying. The t-test was used to identify differences in indecisiveness, career decision-making ability, and anxiety according to demographic characteristics. Correlations were calculated between the main variables of interest. Regression analysis was conducted to test the mediation model. Participants who liked their major were significantly more indecisive than those who did not like their major. Career decision-making ability was significantly higher among men than women, participants from urban areas than those from rural areas, participants who were an only child than those with siblings, and among non-left-behind participants than those who were left behind. Anxiety was significantly lower in participants who liked their major than those who did not like their major. In addition, anxiety partially mediated the relationship between indecisiveness and career decision-making ability. College students’ indecisiveness and career decision-making ability are affected by sociocultural background, gender, family background, and career interest. Anxiety partially mediates the relationship between indecisiveness and career decision-making ability. Implications of the findings for counseling college students are discussed.

Codesign and evaluation of advanced therapeutic information resources for and with families of children with neurological conditions: a mixed methods cross-sectional study

ObjectiveParents and caregivers of children with neurological conditions express interest in new and developing treatments and trials; however, they have limited knowledge of, and access to, reliable information. This study...

Empowering high-school students from low-income families in career decision self-efficacy: a quasi-experimental study

Adolescents from low-income families generally have limited resources, which may negatively impact their career development. This study reports findings from the Youth Work-Explorer (Y-WE) career development program for 519 high-school students from low-income families in Hong Kong. One hundred forty-six participants received a three-day career training workshop plus work-attachment Y-WE intervention (group A); 190 received only Y-WE intervention (group B); 183 students were recruited as the control group received no intervention during the study. All participants completed a questionnaire containing three scales measuring extroversion, career knowledge, and career decision self-efficacy (CDSE) twice before and after the intervention. Relative T-tests and repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) were used to determine the intervention’s effectiveness. Results indicated that compared with the control group, participants in group A significantly improved in extroversion and career knowledge, while participants in group B significantly increased their career knowledge and CDSE.

Differences in Career Decision Making Self Efficacy (CDMSE) Between Men and Women in Generation Z

The current phenomenon shows that teenagers often need more confidence in making career decisions. This study aimed to identify differences in the level of Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy (CDMSE) between male and female students in Senior High School (SMA). The type of research used was quantitative and used a comparative method. The population of this study was 640 students in grades XI and XII in high school. The sample of this study was 200 students taken using a random sampling technique. The method used in collecting data was a questionnaire. The instrument used was the CDMSES-SF scale developed by N.E. Betz. The data analysis technique used in this study was non-parametric analysis with the Mann-Whitney test. The results obtained from the data analysis showed significant differences in the level of CDMSE between male and female students. Male students have higher CDMSE than female students. For male students, special attention is needed on the planning and goal selection aspects, while for female students, it is on the planning aspect. These results suggest that male and female students need different approaches to career guidance, especially in planning and goal selection.

How protean career orientation affects career decidedness: The mediating role of career adaptability and career decision self-efficacy

How protean career orientation affects career decidedness: The mediating role of career adaptability and career decision self-efficacy

The Role of Environment and Self on Self-Efficacy in Students' Career Decision Making

This research aims to assess the influence of the level of peer attachment, teacher support, parental support, self-concept, and planned career events on the career decision-making self-efficacy of high school and vocational school students. This research used a cross-sectional study design with a quantitative approach. This research was conducted on 317 students, with 157 high school students and 160 vocational school students determined by cluster random sampling. Data was collected through questionnaires and analyzed using Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) with Smart-PLS. SEM test results showed a significant positive direct influence between parental support, teacher support, and peer attachment on the self-concept of parental support, parental support, and self-concept regarding planned happenstance career, and teacher support and planned happenstance career on career decision-making self-efficacy. Apart from that, there was an indirect influence between parental support, teacher support, and peer attachment on career decision-making self-efficacy through self-concept and planned happenstance careers. Therefore, parents need to shape their children's promising planned careers so that they can have self-efficacy for making sound career decisions as well.

Career Decision Self-efficacy mediates the relationship between General Self-efficacy and Career Decision-making of Undergraduate Students

Career Decision Self-efficacy mediates the relationship between General Self-efficacy and Career Decision-making of Undergraduate Students

Family system profiles and career decision self-efficacy among Chinese university students: a latent profile analysis

Family system profiles and career decision self-efficacy among Chinese university students: a latent profile analysis

The Effect of Shared Decision-making on Decision Self-efficacy and Decisional Conflict of Women with Low-grade Squamous Intraepithelial Lesion in Cervical Cytology: An Experimental Study

Background: Women often face decisional challenges and hesitation while choosing the appropriate method to follow up on their abnormal results of cervix cytology. Objective: The present study aimed to determine the effect of shared decision-making (SDM) on decision self-efficacy (DSE) and decisional conflict (DC) about follow-up methods among women with abnormal cervix cytology results. Methods: This interventional study was performed on 54 women referred to the subspecialty clinic of gynecologic oncology. The women were assigned into intervention and control groups using a randomized block design with block sizes of 4 and 6 and an allocation ratio of 1:1. The intervention group received counseling based on the SDM and a decision aid (DA) booklet. The data collection tools included the questionnaires of the demographic and obstetrics characteristics, DC, DSE, and Decision Regret. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS24 software, and independent t-tests and ANCOVA were used. Results: After the intervention, the total mean score of the DC in the intervention group was significantly lower than that in the control group [MD: -22.84 with 95% CI: -23.52 to -21.95, (P <0.001)]. The mean score of DSE in the intervention group was significantly higher than that in the control group [MD: 14.56 with 95% CI: 21.47 to 7.65, (P <0.001)]. Conclusion: The present study results indicated that counseling based on the SDM effectively promotes DSE and reduces DC among women with minor abnormal cervical cytology. Therefore, it is recommended that healthcare providers use SDM for women with abnormal cervical cancer screening results.

The Effect of Social Support of Athletes on College Life Adaptation and Career Decision Self-Efficacy

The Effect of Social Support of Athletes on College Life Adaptation and Career Decision Self-Efficacy

Factors influencing career adaptation: The positive effects of mastery goal orientation, social support, and vocational decision self-efficacy

In the highly competitive employment environment, most college students have left their jobs for a short time after employment, and attention should be paid to students’ career adaptation. However, the further influence of skilled goal orientation, social support and career-determined self-efficacy on college students’ career adaptation needs to be confirmed. This study analyzes the effects of these factors on college students’ career adaptation. This study aims to analyze the impact of mastery goal orientation, social support, and vocational decision self-efficacy on career adaptation among 224 university students in East China. The results indicated that university students generally exhibit positive levels of mastery goal orientation, social support, vocational decision self-efficacy, and overall career adaptation. Female students demonstrate higher levels of mastery goal orientation, social support, vocational decision self-efficacy, and career adaptation compared to male students. As students progress in their academic years, their levels of mastery goal orientation, social support, vocational decision self-efficacy, and career adaptation tend to increase. Students majoring in humanities and social sciences have higher level than students majoring in science and engineering in all factors. Students majoring in humanities and social sciences exhibit more optimism in all factors compared to students in science and technology fields. The relationships among these factors show positive correlations. Mastery goal orientation, social support, and vocational decision self-efficacy all have positive effects on career adaptation. Among these, family support stands out as the most influential subordinate factor of social support on career adaptation. The most influential subordinate factor of vocational decision self-efficacy on career adaptation is conscious decision-making. Therefore, male, lower grade, science and engineering college students are the groups that need to be paid attention to in improving career adaptation. Skilled goal orientation, family support and conscious decision making have a better effect on the improvement of career adaptation. These results can provide important reference information for universities, counselors and college students in the training of career planning, and theoretically enrich the relevant research on college students’ career adaptation, and provide certain enlightenment for future researchers.

Instruments for Measuring Career Decision Self-Efficacy in High School Students: A Systematic Literature Review

Instruments for Measuring Career Decision Self-Efficacy in High School Students: A Systematic Literature Review

The Relationship Between Positive Psychological Capital, Career Decision Self-Efficacy, and Career Anxiety Among Taekwondo Majors

The Relationship Between Positive Psychological Capital, Career Decision Self-Efficacy, and Career Anxiety Among Taekwondo Majors

The Effect of Career Course on Career Decision Making Self-efficacy of Senior University Students

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of an “Interviewing Skills in Career Counseling” course on the level of career decision-making self-efficacy of senior university students. In this sense, the qualitative-quantitative category of mixed-methods was used. The Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale and course evaluation form were utilised to examine the effectiveness of this course, consisting of theory and practice for a total of 14 weeks. The experimental group includes of senior students from the Department of Counseling and Guidance who chose the course, while the control group includes of senior students who didn’t choose the course and were studying in the same department. Both groups were administered the Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacy Scale as pre-test and post-test, and in addition to this, an evaluation form was used for the experimental group as a post-test. When the results obtained from the quantitative data are examined, the experimental group made progress and there was a significant difference between the experimental group and the control group in terms of the total score for career decision-making self-efficacy levels and the subscales of career decision-making self-efficacy in terms of job/occupational information, career choice and ways of creating a career plan. The qualitative findings were grouped into three categories: change as a result of the course, limitations and strengths of the implementation.

Higher education orientation in Türkiye: a cross-educational questionnaire validation and reliability study

AbstractThe present study aims to validate the Higher Education Orientations Questionnaire (HEOQ) among Turkish university students. The research comprises two studies: 201 Turkish university students were recruited for study 1, while 371 students took part in study 2. The HEOQ was translated in study 1. In study 2, criterion validity was tested by forming a hierarchical regression model on career decision self-efficacy. The HEOQ had adequate fit and measures for validity and reliability in the Turkish sample. Career decision self-efficacy was positively predicted by profession and negatively predicted by external orientation. Implications are presented for career development of university students.

Career adaptability and career coping styles among Chinese medicine specialty students during the COVID-19: The mediating role of career decision-making self-efficacy

Over the past decade, the attrition rate of Chinese medical graduates has remained high, and the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated this situation. Medicine specialty students are the main force of the future healthcare industry. The career choices and career confidence of those entering the healthcare industry will have a huge influence on the quality of future healthcare provision. Considering the possible emergence of public health emergencies such as COVID-19 in the future, helping students develop good career adaptability will contribute to their future career development. However, the relationship between career adaptability, career coping styles and career decision-making self-efficacy remains unclear during the COVID-19. This study aims to examine the interconnections amongst career coping styles, career adaptability and career decision-making self-efficacy among Chinese medicine specialty students and the mediating role of career decision-making self-efficacy. Questionnaire survey was conducted on 747 medicine specialty students from China. The results showed that positive coping style has a significant positive correlation with career decision-making self-efficacy, career adaptability, and their sub-dimensions. There was a partial mediating effect of career decision self-efficacy between the predictor variable positive coping style and the outcome variable career adaptability. By promoting the level of positive coping style or career decision-making self-efficacy among medicine specialty students, the career adaptability can be directly or indirectly enhanced. This survey will help to guide future medical education decisions during a similar pandemic to prevent further loss of healthcare professionals in the medical service.

A Study on the Mediating Effect of Career Decision Self-efficacy in the Relationship between Education Service Quality and Major Satisfaction in Specialized High Schools: A Multi-Group Analysis between Gender

A Study on the Mediating Effect of Career Decision Self-efficacy in the Relationship between Education Service Quality and Major Satisfaction in Specialized High Schools: A Multi-Group Analysis between Gender