Mindfulness has made a strong emergence in psychological research and practice over the past few decades. Many authors have suggested the utility of mindfulness in fostering healthy career development, although very little empirical research has been conducted in this area. The purpose of the present study was to explore the role of mindfulness in a career context, by investigating the relationships among mindfulness, dysfunctional career thoughts, vocational identity, and decision-making style. The sample consisted of 258 undergraduate students at a southeastern university. Significant correlations in the predicted directions were found among all variables of interest. The data were then analyzed using ANOVA procedures, which revealed strong main effects for high mindfulness, thinking-based decision-making style, and internal-based decision-making style for both dysfunctional career thoughts and vocational identity. No interactions were found, suggesting that high mindfulness is associated with fewer dysfunctional career thoughts and higher vocational identity, for all types of decision makers. Secondary analyses utilized regression procedures, finding that mindfulness and decision-making style accounted for 32.2% of the variance in dysfunctional career thoughts, and 22.8 % of the variance in vocational identity. Directions for future research and implications for practice are discussed. / A Dissertation submitted to the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of
Philosophy. / Summer Semester, 2013. / April 10, 2013. / Career Development, Career Thoughts, Decision-Making Style, Mindfulness,
Vocational Identity / Includes bibliographical references. / Janet Lenz, Professor Directing Dissertation; John Reynolds, University Representative; James Sampson, Committee Member; Frances Prevatt, Committee Member.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_183722 |
| Contributors | Galles, Jacob A. (authoraut), Lenz, Janet (professor directing dissertation), Reynolds, John (university representative), Sampson, James (committee member), Prevatt, Frances (committee member), Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (degree granting department), Florida State University (degree granting institution) |
| Publisher | Florida State University, Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English, English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, text |
| Format | 1 online resource, computer, application/pdf |
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