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Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy Correlates with Career Maturity among College Students


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1 Department of Psychology, G. D. H. G. (PG) College, Moradabad, M. J. P. Rohilkh and University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
     

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In this study, data has been collected on 200 Humanities and Engineering students of private colleges in Delhi NCR. Pearson correlation has been used for statistical analysis with the help of SPSS. Researchers found in this study are that there is positive correlation between CDMSE and CM among private college students and there is no significant difference between levels of CDMSE and levels of career maturity in male and female students. This study has strong implication in higher education. As students are trained to have career decision making self-efficacy, students will be more career mature and will be ready to choose right career as per their strengths.

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Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy, Career Maturity.
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Authors

Ashwani Mohan
Department of Psychology, G. D. H. G. (PG) College, Moradabad, M. J. P. Rohilkh and University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
Kiran Sahu
Department of Psychology, G. D. H. G. (PG) College, Moradabad, M. J. P. Rohilkh and University, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


In this study, data has been collected on 200 Humanities and Engineering students of private colleges in Delhi NCR. Pearson correlation has been used for statistical analysis with the help of SPSS. Researchers found in this study are that there is positive correlation between CDMSE and CM among private college students and there is no significant difference between levels of CDMSE and levels of career maturity in male and female students. This study has strong implication in higher education. As students are trained to have career decision making self-efficacy, students will be more career mature and will be ready to choose right career as per their strengths.

Keywords


Career Decision Making Self-Efficacy, Career Maturity.

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