Neuroticism,Negative Thinking,and Coping With Respect to Career Decision State |
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| Authors: | Emily Bullock‐Yowell Corey A. Reed Richard S. Mohn Jacob Galles Gary W. Peterson Robert C. Reardon |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of PsychologyUniversity of Southern Mississippi;2. Department of Graduate PsychologyJames Madison University;3. Department of Educational Studies and ResearchUniversity of Southern Mississippi;4. Psychological and Counseling CenterVanderbilt University;5. Career CenterFlorida State University |
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| Abstract: | Using structural equation modeling, the present study investigated relationships between neuroticism, coping strategies, and negative career thoughts within the context of attaining a positive career decision state. Results from the initial model, based on a sample of college students (119 women, 113 men; M = 20.3 years) enrolled in a career development course, revealed that coping strategies were not a significant contribution to the model. The final model, without coping strategies, showed that neuroticism had a significant indirect effect on career decision state through negative thinking and that the relationship between neuroticism and career decision state was also significant. Findings also indicate that in the presence of negative career thoughts, neuroticism becomes associated with a more positive career decision state. Practical implications include suggestions that counselors intervene on clients' negative career thoughts to potentially render their neurotic tendencies more productive in reaching a desired career decision state. |
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| Keywords: | negative career thoughts neuroticism coping career decision |
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