Characteristics and Prediction of Identity Conflicts Concerning Career Goals Among First-Year University Students
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 18952002 |
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| Authors | E Saskia Kunnen (0000-0002-7876-0750, University of Groningen, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 222-231 |
| Publication date | 2010-07-30 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Identity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1528-3488 • E-ISSN: 1532-706X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/15283488.2010.495908 |
| OpenAlex | W2099249996 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 8 |
A panel of 89 first-year university students participated in a longitudinal study concerning their perceptions of their career goals. As predicted, students who experienced a conflict with respect to their career goals increased their exploration activity and decreased the strength of their commitment. In addition, they perceived more change in commitments during their first year than those not experiencing a conflict. Despite the differences between the groups in the trajectories of their experiences, the groups were not distinguishable at the beginning of this study with regard to identity style, identity status, personality characteristics, or coping style. On the basis of the content of the commitments, it appears that open, information-oriented students who already have developed achieved commitments will likely experience different types of conflict, but not necessarily fewer conflicts, than will other first-year students
Developmental psychology · Perception · Personality · Career Development and Diversity · Clinical Psychology · Identity, Memory, and Therapy · Psychological and Educational Research Studies · Psychology · Social Psychology
| Highly cited | No |
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