Samuel H. Osipow

TL;DR: In this article, a general theoretical taxonomy of career decision-making difficulties based on decision theory has been developed to examine the proposed taxonomy empirically, a questionnaire was constructed in which the various possible difficulties in the theoretical model were represented by respective statements.

TL;DR: In this paper, a scale designed to measure and identify antecedents of educational-vocational indecision was administered to a variety of college student groups expected to differ in careerdecidedness.

TL;DR: Holland's work toward the understanding and measurement of career indecision as mentioned in this paper has grown out of his long-term theoretical and empirical efforts, and a general review of the history of career decision-making measures is included, along with a brief discussion of the applications of career theory and measures to practices in counseling.

TL;DR: Theories of career choice and development have exerted an active force on vocational research and counseling practice for more than 40 years as mentioned in this paper, while those remaining influential have come to resemble each other in important ways.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the construct and concurrent validity of the Career Decision-making Difficulties Questionnaire (CDDQ), responses of 403 university students (76% freshmen) to this questionnaire as well as to the career decision scale (CDS) and the Career decision-making Self-Efficacy Scale (CDMSES) were analyzed.