This study used the Career Thoughts Inventory (CTI) (CTI; Sampson et al., 1996b) and the Career State Inventory (CSI) (Leierer, Peterson, & Reardon, 2018) to examine the relationship between dysfunctional career thinking (DCT) and career decision state (CDS) in collegiate student athletes versus non-student athletes using archival data of students who were enrolled in an undergraduate career planning class. The sample included Division 1 collegiate student athletes (N = 254) and non-student athletes (N = 39) from all undergraduate grade levels attending a public university in the southeastern part of the United States, who registered for and attended an Introduction to Career Development course. The CTI was used to measure dysfunctional or negative career thinking (DCT), specifically Decision-Making Confusion (DMC), Commitment Anxiety (CA), and External Conflict (EC). The CSI was used to assess the readiness of the students to participate in the career problem solving and decision-making process and was used in the present study to measure career decision state (CDS), specifically (1) certainty about career decisions, (2) satisfaction with these decisions, and (3) vocational clarity. A one-way between-groups analysis of variance showed no statistically significant differences between student athlete and non-student athlete CTI and CSI scores, thus further analyses were not performed. Multiple and linear regression analyses found significant relationships regarding DCM and CTI total scores predicting Certainty, Satisfaction, Clarity, and CSI total scores with non-student athletes. Additionally, multiple and linear regression analyses found significant relationships regarding DMC and CTI total scores predicting Clarity with student athletes. A discussion of the findings is presented, including an analysis of the results, possible limitations, and implications for research and teaching. / A Thesis submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science. / Spring Semester 2019. / April 16, 2019. / career decision state, Career State Inventory, Career Thoughts Inventory, collegiate student athletes, dysfunctional career thinking, non-student athletes / Includes bibliographical references. / Debra Osborn, Professor Directing Thesis; Martin Swanbrow Becker, Committee Member; Shengli Dong, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_709725 |
| Contributors | Burbrink, Ivey Elizabeth (author), Osborn, Debra S. (Professor Directing Thesis), Becker, Martin Swanbrow (Committee Member), Dong, Shengli (Committee Member), Florida State University (degree granting institution), College of Education (degree granting college), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting departmentdgg) |
| Publisher | Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text, master thesis |
| Format | 1 online resource (65 pages), computer, application/pdf |
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