Career Decision-Making among Adolescents in Relation to Social Maturity and Self-Efficacy

The investigation was conducted in order to study career decision-making of adolescents in relation to their social maturity and self-efficacy using descriptive method of research. Career Decision-Making Profile (CDMP) Questionnaire developed by Gati (2011), A Comprehensive Scale of Social maturity (ACSSM) developed by Pal (1986) and Self-Efficacy (SE) Scale developed by Schwarzer and Jerusalem (1995) were administered to a stratified random sample of 356 adolescents (F= 182, M=174). T-test was employed testing the significance of mean difference in various dimensions of career decision-making among adolescents across high and low levels of social maturity & high and low levels of self-efficacy. The findings of the investigation reported that there were significant differences in 'procrastination' dimension of career decision-making across high and low levels of social maturity & in 'information gathering', 'information processing','desire to please others' 'willingness to compromise' and 'intuitive' dimensions of career decision-making among adolescents across high and low levels of self-efficacy.