The present study examined the relationship among intelligence, selected metacognitions, and career decision making. Intelligence was measured by the Test of Cognitive Skills (TCS)(1983). Selected metacognitions were measured by the Problem Solving Inventory (Heppner, 1982) and the Questionnaire to Assess Beliefs about Career Decision Making (Mitchell, 1981). Career decision making was measured by the Vocational Exploratory Behavior Inventory (Jones & Krumboltz, 1970) and by the Career Decision Making test of the Career Skills Assessment Program (CEEB, 1978). / The present study proposed to establish the relationship between career decision making skills and metacognitive skills. In this study eighty-three eleventh graders at Developmental Research School (DRS) were given the above measures. It was hypothesized that the degree to which individuals possessed career decision making skills would vary directly with the degree to which they possessed self management skills and mental abilities, while it would vary inversely with the degree to which they possessed irrational beliefs. Data was analyzed using bivariate correlation and canonical correlation analysis techniques. / Results indicated that problem solving appraisal was not related to career decision making or vocational exploration. Career beliefs were not related to career decision making or vocational exploration. There was no relationship between general vocational exploration and general intelligence. A significant positive relationship between general intelligence and career decision making skills was found. / Failure to demonstrate a relationship between metacognitive skills and career decision making skills may be due to the instruments used to assess metacognitive skills. Both instruments were self report measures and subject to the weaknesses of that type of instrument. Common methods variance may be a factor. On the other hand, the relationship between general intelligence and career decision making can be used by career counselors to enhance the skills of their clients, to identify populations that will require counselor intervention, and to plan the content of the counseling intervention. (Abstract shortened with permission of author.) / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 48-02, Section: B, page: 0556. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1986.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_76045 |
| Contributors | YUNIK, MARGO TOVAH., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 115 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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